#EECD59#EECD59

#EECD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.138 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECD59
RGB	rgb(238, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -1.37, 60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 60.45, 91.30°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.0081 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.138 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.8971, 62.5641, 18.4231)
Luminance	0.6256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECD59 #597AEE

analogous

#EE8359 #EECD59 #C5EE59

triadic

#EECD59 #59EECD #CD59EE

tetradic

#EECD59 #59EE83 #597AEE #EE59C5

square

#EECD59 #59EE83 #597AEE #EE59C5

split-complementary

#EECD59 #59C5EE #8359EE

monochromatic

#BA9513 #E8BC21 #EECD59 #F4DE91 #F9EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EECD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#EECD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECD59

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECD59	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)

#E1CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.138 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db8c',
    500: '#eecd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecd59;
$custom-light: #f7db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.711,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85489,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECD59

secondary

#3350B9

accent

#37DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECD59

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

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