#EECD5A#EECD5A
#EECD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.138 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EECD5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 205, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 81%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 62%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 62.2%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.22, -1.30, 60.01) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.22, 60.02, 91.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.5% -0.0078 0.1375) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.5% 0.138 93.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.9394, 62.5810, 18.6457) |
| Luminance | 0.6258 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.43
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 1.92
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.70
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.88
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.49
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.62
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EECD5A #5A7BEE
analogous
#EE835A #EECD5A #C5EE5A
triadic
#EECD5A #5AEECD #CD5AEE
tetradic
#EECD5A #5AEE83 #5A7BEE #EE5AC5
square
#EECD5A #5AEE83 #5A7BEE #EE5AC5
split-complementary
#EECD5A #5AC5EE #835AEE
monochromatic
#BA9513 #E8BC23 #EECD5A #F4DE91 #F9EFC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.55
#EECD5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.52
#EECD5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EECD5A
13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EECD5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EECD5A | 1.00 | 1.55 | 13.52 | 13.52 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.55 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.52 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.52 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1CA4D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D35F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBEB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eecd5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 205, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.138 93.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7db8d',
500: '#eecd5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eecd5a; $custom-light: #f7db8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eecd5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 205,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.622,
"s": 81.319,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85499,
"c": 0.13767,
"h": 93.2
},
"luminance": 0.62578
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EECD5A
secondary
#3351B9
accent
#38DE08
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18150C
muted
#86847F