#EECC5C#EECC5C

#EECC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.135 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECC5C
RGB	rgb(238, 204, 92)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 61.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.99, -0.66, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.99, 58.87, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.0057 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.135 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.7872, 62.1387, 19.0206)
Luminance	0.6214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECC5C #5C7EEE

analogous

#EE835C #EECC5C #C7EE5C

triadic

#EECC5C #5CEECC #CC5CEE

tetradic

#EECC5C #5CEE83 #5C7EEE #EE5CC7

square

#EECC5C #5CEE83 #5C7EEE #EE5CC7

split-complementary

#EECC5C #5CC7EE #835CEE

monochromatic

#BC9514 #E8BB25 #EECC5C #F4DD93 #FAEFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EECC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#EECC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECC5C

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECC5C	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecc5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 204, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.135 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db8e',
    500: '#eecc5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecc5c;
$custom-light: #f7db8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecc5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8532,
    "c": 0.13541,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECC5C

secondary

#3353BB

accent

#3ADD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECC5C

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

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