#EECC57#EECC57

#EECC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.139 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECC57
RGB	rgb(238, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.94, -0.98, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.94, 61.02, 90.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.27% -0.0072 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(85.27% 0.139 93)
XYZ	xyz(58.5758, 62.0541, 17.9073)
Luminance	0.6205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECC57 #5779EE

analogous

#EE8057 #EECC57 #C4EE57

triadic

#EECC57 #57EECC #CC57EE

tetradic

#EECC57 #57EE80 #5779EE #EE57C4

square

#EECC57 #57EE80 #5779EE #EE57C4

split-complementary

#EECC57 #57C4EE #8057EE

monochromatic

#B89313 #E8BB1F #EECC57 #F4DD8F #F9EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EECC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#EECC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECC57

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECC57	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)

#E0C94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.139 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db8b',
    500: '#eecc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecc57;
$custom-light: #f7db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.49,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8527,
    "c": 0.13936,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.62051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECC57

secondary

#3250B7

accent

#38DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECC57

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

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