#EECC65#EECC65

#EECC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.128 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECC65
RGB	rgb(238, 204, 101)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.08, -0.04, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.08, 54.87, 90.04°)
OKLab	oklab(85.42% -0.0028 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(85.42% 0.128 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.2043, 62.3055, 21.2171)
Luminance	0.6230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECC65 #6587EE

analogous

#EE8865 #EECC65 #CCEE65

triadic

#EECC65 #65EECC #CC65EE

tetradic

#EECC65 #65EE88 #6587EE #EE65CC

square

#EECC65 #65EE88 #6587EE #EE65CC

split-complementary

#EECC65 #65CCEE #8865EE

monochromatic

#C39816 #E8BA2E #EECC65 #F4DE9C #FAF1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EECC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#EECC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECC65

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECC65	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecc65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 204, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.128 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6db94',
    500: '#eecc65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecc65;
$custom-light: #f6db94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecc65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85418,
    "c": 0.12785,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECC65

secondary

#3659C1

accent

#3EDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECC65

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

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