#EECC5E#EECC5E

#EECC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.134 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECC5E
RGB	rgb(238, 204, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.01, -0.53, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.01, 57.99, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(85.34% -0.0051 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(85.34% 0.134 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8758, 62.1741, 19.4872)
Luminance	0.6217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECC5E #5E80EE

analogous

#EE845E #EECC5E #C8EE5E

triadic

#EECC5E #5EEECC #CC5EEE

tetradic

#EECC5E #5EEE84 #5E80EE #EE5EC8

square

#EECC5E #5EEE84 #5E80EE #EE5EC8

split-complementary

#EECC5E #5EC8EE #845EEE

monochromatic

#BE9614 #E8BA27 #EECC5E #F4DE95 #FAEFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EECC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#EECC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECC5E

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECC5E	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)

#E0C952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 204, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.134 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db8f',
    500: '#eecc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecc5e;
$custom-light: #f7db8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85341,
    "c": 0.13378,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECC5E

secondary

#3454BC

accent

#3BDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECC5E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →