#EECC63#EECC63

#EECC63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.130 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECC63
RGB	rgb(238, 204, 99)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 58.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.06, -0.18, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.06, 55.77, 90.19°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0035 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.13 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.1075, 62.2668, 20.7073)
Luminance	0.6226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECC63 #6385EE

analogous

#EE8663 #EECC63 #CAEE63

triadic

#EECC63 #63EECC #CC63EE

tetradic

#EECC63 #63EE86 #6385EE #EE63CA

square

#EECC63 #63EE86 #6385EE #EE63CA

split-complementary

#EECC63 #63CAEE #8663EE

monochromatic

#C29715 #E8BA2C #EECC63 #F4DE9A #FAF0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EECC63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#EECC63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECC63

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECC63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECC63	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)

#DFC959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecc63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 204, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.130 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db93',
    500: '#eecc63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecc63;
$custom-light: #f7db93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecc63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 80.347,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85395,
    "c": 0.12958,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECC63

secondary

#3657C0

accent

#3DDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECC63

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

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