#EECC56#EECC56

#EECC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.140 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECC56
RGB	rgb(238, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -1.04, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 61.44, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.26% -0.0075 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(85.26% 0.14 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.5353, 62.0379, 17.6936)
Luminance	0.6203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECC56 #5678EE

analogous

#EE8056 #EECC56 #C4EE56

triadic

#EECC56 #56EECC #CC56EE

tetradic

#EECC56 #56EE80 #5678EE #EE56C4

square

#EECC56 #56EE80 #5678EE #EE56C4

split-complementary

#EECC56 #56C4EE #8056EE

monochromatic

#B79212 #E8BB1E #EECC56 #F4DD8E #F9EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EECC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#EECC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECC56

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECC56	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.140 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db8a',
    500: '#eecc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecc56;
$custom-light: #f7db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.579,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8526,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECC56

secondary

#324FB7

accent

#37DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECC56

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

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