#EECC60#EECC60

#EECC60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.132 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECC60
RGB	rgb(238, 204, 96)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.03, -0.39, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.03, 57.11, 90.39°)
OKLab	oklab(85.36% -0.0044 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(85.36% 0.132 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.9667, 62.2105, 19.9659)
Luminance	0.6221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECC60 #6082EE

analogous

#EE8560 #EECC60 #C9EE60

triadic

#EECC60 #60EECC #CC60EE

tetradic

#EECC60 #60EE85 #6082EE #EE60C9

square

#EECC60 #60EE85 #6082EE #EE60C9

split-complementary

#EECC60 #60C9EE #8560EE

monochromatic

#BF9614 #E8BA29 #EECC60 #F4DE97 #FAEFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EECC60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#EECC60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECC60

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECC60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECC60	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)

#E0C955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecc60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 204, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.132 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db91',
    500: '#eecc60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecc60;
$custom-light: #f7db91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecc60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85362,
    "c": 0.13211,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECC60

secondary

#3555BD

accent

#3BDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECC60

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

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