#EECE55#EECE55

#EECE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.142 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECE55
RGB	rgb(238, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.43, -2.12, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.43, 62.44, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0107 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.142 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.9737, 62.9787, 17.6424)
Luminance	0.6298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECE55 #5575EE

analogous

#EE8155 #EECE55 #C1EE55

triadic

#EECE55 #55EECE #CE55EE

tetradic

#EECE55 #55EE81 #5575EE #EE55C1

square

#EECE55 #55EE81 #5575EE #EE55C1

split-complementary

#EECE55 #55C1EE #8155EE

monochromatic

#B69412 #E8BE1D #EECE55 #F4DE8D #F9EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#EECE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#EECE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECE55

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECE55	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eece55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.142 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7dc8a',
    500: '#eece55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eece55;
$custom-light: #f7dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eece55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.451,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85651,
    "c": 0.14222,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECE55

secondary

#314DB6

accent

#34DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECE55

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

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