#EECE45#EECE45

#EECE45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.153 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECE45
RGB	rgb(238, 206, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 71%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.31, -2.98, 68.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.31, 68.77, 92.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.015 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.153 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.4084, 62.7526, 14.6650)
Luminance	0.6275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECE45 #4565EE

analogous

#EE7945 #EECE45 #B9EE45

triadic

#EECE45 #45EECE #CE45EE

tetradic

#EECE45 #45EE79 #4565EE #EE45B9

square

#EECE45 #45EE79 #4565EE #EE45B9

split-complementary

#EECE45 #45B9EE #7945EE

monochromatic

#A98C0F #E1BA15 #EECE45 #F3DD7D #F8ECB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EECE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#EECE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECE45

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECE45	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eece45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 206, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.153 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8dc81',
    500: '#eece45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eece45;
$custom-light: #f8dc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eece45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.639,
    "s": 83.251,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85519,
    "c": 0.15327,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECE45

secondary

#2D45AA

accent

#2FE006

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECE45

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

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