#EECD5B#EECD5B

#EECD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.137 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECD5B
RGB	rgb(238, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.23, -1.24, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.23, 59.59, 91.19°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% -0.0075 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.137 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.9823, 62.5982, 18.8714)
Luminance	0.6260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECD5B #5B7CEE

analogous

#EE845B #EECD5B #C5EE5B

triadic

#EECD5B #5BEECD #CD5BEE

tetradic

#EECD5B #5BEE84 #5B7CEE #EE5BC5

square

#EECD5B #5BEE84 #5B7CEE #EE5BC5

split-complementary

#EECD5B #5BC5EE #845BEE

monochromatic

#BB9613 #E8BC24 #EECD5B #F4DE92 #F9EFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EECD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#EECD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECD5B

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECD5B	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)

#E1CA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.137 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7db8e',
    500: '#eecd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecd5b;
$custom-light: #f7db8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85509,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECD5B

secondary

#3351BA

accent

#38DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECD5B

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

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