#EECE51#EECE51

#EECE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.145 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECE51
RGB	rgb(238, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.40, -2.36, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.40, 64.09, 92.11°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.0118 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.145 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.8192, 62.9169, 16.8290)
Luminance	0.6291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECE51 #5171EE

analogous

#EE8051 #EECE51 #BFEE51

triadic

#EECE51 #51EECE #CE51EE

tetradic

#EECE51 #51EE80 #5171EE #EE51BF

square

#EECE51 #51EE80 #5171EE #EE51BF

split-complementary

#EECE51 #51BFEE #8051EE

monochromatic

#B39211 #E9BE19 #EECE51 #F3DE89 #F9EDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EECE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#EECE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECE51

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECE51	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eece51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.145 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7dc88',
    500: '#eece51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eece51;
$custom-light: #f7dc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eece51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.771,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85615,
    "c": 0.14518,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECE51

secondary

#304BB3

accent

#33DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECE51

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

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