#EECC59#EECC59

#EECC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.138 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECC59
RGB	rgb(238, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.96, -0.85, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.96, 60.17, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.29% -0.0066 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(85.29% 0.138 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.6587, 62.0872, 18.3436)
Luminance	0.6208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECC59 #597BEE

analogous

#EE8259 #EECC59 #C5EE59

triadic

#EECC59 #59EECC #CC59EE

tetradic

#EECC59 #59EE82 #597BEE #EE59C5

square

#EECC59 #59EE82 #597BEE #EE59C5

split-complementary

#EECC59 #59C5EE #8259EE

monochromatic

#BA9413 #E8BB21 #EECC59 #F4DD91 #F9EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EECC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#EECC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECC59

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECC59	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.138 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db8c',
    500: '#eecc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecc59;
$custom-light: #f7db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8529,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECC59

secondary

#3351B9

accent

#39DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECC59

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

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