#EECC5B#EECC5B

#EECC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.136 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECC5B
RGB	rgb(238, 204, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.98, -0.73, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.98, 59.30, 90.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.31% -0.006 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(85.31% 0.136 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.7438, 62.1213, 18.7919)
Luminance	0.6212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECC5B #5B7DEE

analogous

#EE825B #EECC5B #C7EE5B

triadic

#EECC5B #5BEECC #CC5BEE

tetradic

#EECC5B #5BEE82 #5B7DEE #EE5BC7

square

#EECC5B #5BEE82 #5B7DEE #EE5BC7

split-complementary

#EECC5B #5BC7EE #825BEE

monochromatic

#BB9413 #E8BB24 #EECC5B #F4DD92 #F9EECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EECC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#EECC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECC5B

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECC5B	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	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)

#E0C94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 204, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.136 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db8d',
    500: '#eecc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecc5b;
$custom-light: #f7db8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.122,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8531,
    "c": 0.13621,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECC5B

secondary

#3352BA

accent

#39DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECC5B

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

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