#EECC4C#EECC4C

#EECC4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.147 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECC4C
RGB	rgb(238, 204, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 83%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 68.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.85, -1.61, 65.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.85, 65.54, 91.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.0103 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.147 94)
XYZ	xyz(58.1602, 61.8878, 15.7182)
Luminance	0.6189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECC4C #4C6EEE

analogous

#EE7B4C #EECC4C #BFEE4C

triadic

#EECC4C #4CEECC #CC4CEE

tetradic

#EECC4C #4CEE7B #4C6EEE #EE4CBF

square

#EECC4C #4CEE7B #4C6EEE #EE4CBF

split-complementary

#EECC4C #4CBFEE #7B4CEE

monochromatic

#AF8E11 #E7BB16 #EECC4C #F3DC84 #F9ECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EECC4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#EECC4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECC4C

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECC4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECC4C	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecc4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 204, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.147 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db85',
    500: '#eecc4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecc4c;
$custom-light: #f7db85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecc4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.407,
    "s": 82.653,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85172,
    "c": 0.14737,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.61885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECC4C

secondary

#2F4AAF

accent

#34DF06

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECC4C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →