#EECE49#EECE49

#EECE49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.151 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECE49
RGB	rgb(238, 206, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 69.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.34, -2.78, 67.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.34, 67.26, 92.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.014 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.151 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.5367, 62.8039, 15.3411)
Luminance	0.6280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECE49 #4969EE

analogous

#EE7B49 #EECE49 #BBEE49

triadic

#EECE49 #49EECE #CE49EE

tetradic

#EECE49 #49EE7B #4969EE #EE49BB

square

#EECE49 #49EE7B #4969EE #EE49BB

split-complementary

#EECE49 #49BBEE #7B49EE

monochromatic

#AC8E10 #E4BC15 #EECE49 #F3DD81 #F8ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EECE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#EECE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECE49

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECE49	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eece49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 206, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.151 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8dc83',
    500: '#eece49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eece49;
$custom-light: #f8dc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eece49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.364,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85549,
    "c": 0.15071,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECE49

secondary

#2E47AD

accent

#30DF06

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECE49

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

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