#EECD51#EECD51

#EECD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.144 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECD51
RGB	rgb(238, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.15, -1.84, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.15, 63.81, 91.66°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.0104 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.145 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.5793, 62.4370, 16.7490)
Luminance	0.6243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECD51 #5172EE

analogous

#EE7F51 #EECD51 #C0EE51

triadic

#EECD51 #51EECD #CD51EE

tetradic

#EECD51 #51EE7F #5172EE #EE51C0

square

#EECD51 #51EE7F #5172EE #EE51C0

split-complementary

#EECD51 #51C0EE #7F51EE

monochromatic

#B39111 #E9BD19 #EECD51 #F3DD89 #F9EDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EECD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#EECD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECD51

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECD51	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.144 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db88',
    500: '#eecd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecd51;
$custom-light: #f7db88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.389,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85414,
    "c": 0.1445,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECD51

secondary

#304CB3

accent

#34DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECD51

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

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