#EECD5F#EECD5F
#EECD5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.134 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EECD5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 205, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 81%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 60%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 60.1%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.27, -0.97, 57.83) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.27, 57.84, 90.96°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.55% -0.0062 0.1335) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.55% 0.134 92.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.1594, 62.6690, 19.8045) |
| Luminance | 0.6267 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.87
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.05
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.89
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.96
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.20
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.27
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EECD5F #5F80EE
analogous
#EE855F #EECD5F #C7EE5F
triadic
#EECD5F #5FEECD #CD5FEE
tetradic
#EECD5F #5FEE85 #5F80EE #EE5FC7
square
#EECD5F #5FEE85 #5F80EE #EE5FC7
split-complementary
#EECD5F #5FC7EE #855FEE
monochromatic
#BE9714 #E8BC28 #EECD5F #F4DE96 #FAF0CE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.55
#EECD5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.53
#EECD5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EECD5F
13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EECD5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EECD5F | 1.00 | 1.55 | 13.53 | 13.53 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.55 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1CA54
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D464
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBFB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eecd5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 205, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.134 92.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7dc90',
500: '#eecd5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eecd5f; $custom-light: #f7dc90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eecd5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 205,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.154,
"s": 80.791,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85551,
"c": 0.13362,
"h": 92.7
},
"luminance": 0.62666
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EECD5F
secondary
#3454BD
accent
#39DD08
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18150D
muted
#86847F