#EECC5F#EECC5F

#EECC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.133 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECC5F
RGB	rgb(238, 204, 95)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 60.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.02, -0.46, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.02, 57.55, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(85.35% -0.0047 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(85.35% 0.133 92)
XYZ	xyz(58.9210, 62.1922, 19.7250)
Luminance	0.6219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECC5F #5F81EE

analogous

#EE845F #EECC5F #C9EE5F

triadic

#EECC5F #5FEECC #CC5FEE

tetradic

#EECC5F #5FEE84 #5F81EE #EE5FC9

square

#EECC5F #5FEE84 #5F81EE #EE5FC9

split-complementary

#EECC5F #5FC9EE #845FEE

monochromatic

#BE9614 #E8BA28 #EECC5F #F4DE96 #FAEFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EECC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#EECC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECC5F

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECC5F	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecc5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 204, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.133 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db90',
    500: '#eecc5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecc5f;
$custom-light: #f7db90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecc5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 80.791,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85351,
    "c": 0.13294,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.62189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECC5F

secondary

#3455BD

accent

#3BDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECC5F

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

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