#EECD57#EECD57

#EECD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.140 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECD57
RGB	rgb(238, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, -1.49, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 61.30, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.0087 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.14 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.8143, 62.5310, 17.9868)
Luminance	0.6253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECD57 #5778EE

analogous

#EE8157 #EECD57 #C4EE57

triadic

#EECD57 #57EECD #CD57EE

tetradic

#EECD57 #57EE81 #5778EE #EE57C4

square

#EECD57 #57EE81 #5778EE #EE57C4

split-complementary

#EECD57 #57C4EE #8157EE

monochromatic

#B89413 #E8BC1F #EECD57 #F4DE8F #F9EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EECD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#EECD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECD57

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECD57	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.140 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db8b',
    500: '#eecd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecd57;
$custom-light: #f7db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.887,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8547,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECD57

secondary

#324FB7

accent

#36DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECD57

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

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