#EECC66#EECC66

#EECC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.127 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECC66
RGB	rgb(238, 204, 102)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 57.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, 0.04, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 54.42, 89.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.43% -0.0025 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(85.43% 0.127 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.2536, 62.3252, 21.4767)
Luminance	0.6232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECC66 #6688EE

analogous

#EE8866 #EECC66 #CCEE66

triadic

#EECC66 #66EECC #CC66EE

tetradic

#EECC66 #66EE88 #6688EE #EE66CC

square

#EECC66 #66EE88 #6688EE #EE66CC

split-complementary

#EECC66 #66CCEE #8866EE

monochromatic

#C49816 #E8BA2F #EECC66 #F4DE9D #FAF1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EECC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#EECC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECC66

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECC66	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)

#DFC95C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecc66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 204, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.127 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6db94',
    500: '#eecc66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecc66;
$custom-light: #f6db94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecc66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8543,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECC66

secondary

#3759C2

accent

#3EDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECC66

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

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