#EECC55#EECC55

#EECC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.141 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECC55
RGB	rgb(238, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -1.10, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 61.87, 91.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.0078 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.141 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.4953, 62.0219, 17.4829)
Luminance	0.6202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECC55 #5577EE

analogous

#EE7F55 #EECC55 #C3EE55

triadic

#EECC55 #55EECC #CC55EE

tetradic

#EECC55 #55EE7F #5577EE #EE55C3

square

#EECC55 #55EE7F #5577EE #EE55C3

split-complementary

#EECC55 #55C3EE #7F55EE

monochromatic

#B69212 #E8BB1D #EECC55 #F4DD8D #F9EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EECC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#EECC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECC55

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECC55	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.141 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db8a',
    500: '#eecc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecc55;
$custom-light: #f7db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85251,
    "c": 0.14088,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECC55

secondary

#314FB6

accent

#37DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECC55

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

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