#EECC61#EECC61

#EECC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.131 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECC61
RGB	rgb(238, 204, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.04, -0.32, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.04, 56.67, 90.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.0041 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.131 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.0131, 62.2290, 20.2100)
Luminance	0.6223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECC61 #6183EE

analogous

#EE8561 #EECC61 #C9EE61

triadic

#EECC61 #61EECC #CC61EE

tetradic

#EECC61 #61EE85 #6183EE #EE61C9

square

#EECC61 #61EE85 #6183EE #EE61C9

split-complementary

#EECC61 #61C9EE #8561EE

monochromatic

#C09715 #E8BA2A #EECC61 #F4DE98 #FAF0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EECC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#EECC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECC61

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECC61	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 204, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.131 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db91',
    500: '#eecc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecc61;
$custom-light: #f7db91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85373,
    "c": 0.13127,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECC61

secondary

#3556BE

accent

#3CDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECC61

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

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