#EECD55#EECD55

#EECD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.142 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECD55
RGB	rgb(238, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -1.61, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 62.15, 91.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.0092 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.142 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.7337, 62.4988, 17.5624)
Luminance	0.6250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECD55 #5576EE

analogous

#EE8055 #EECD55 #C2EE55

triadic

#EECD55 #55EECD #CD55EE

tetradic

#EECD55 #55EE80 #5576EE #EE55C2

square

#EECD55 #55EE80 #5576EE #EE55C2

split-complementary

#EECD55 #55C2EE #8055EE

monochromatic

#B69312 #E8BD1D #EECD55 #F4DD8D #F9EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EECD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#EECD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECD55

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECD55	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.142 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db8a',
    500: '#eecd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecd55;
$custom-light: #f7db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85451,
    "c": 0.14154,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECD55

secondary

#314EB6

accent

#36DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECD55

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

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