#EECE56#EECE56

#EECE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.141 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECE56
RGB	rgb(238, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.44, -2.06, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.44, 62.02, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0104 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.141 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.0137, 62.9947, 17.8531)
Luminance	0.6299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECE56 #5676EE

analogous

#EE8256 #EECE56 #C2EE56

triadic

#EECE56 #56EECE #CE56EE

tetradic

#EECE56 #56EE82 #5676EE #EE56C2

square

#EECE56 #56EE82 #5676EE #EE56C2

split-complementary

#EECE56 #56C2EE #8256EE

monochromatic

#B79412 #E8BE1E #EECE56 #F4DE8E #F9EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#EECE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#EECE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECE56

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECE56	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)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eece56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.141 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7dc8b',
    500: '#eece56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eece56;
$custom-light: #f7dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eece56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8566,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECE56

secondary

#324EB7

accent

#35DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECE56

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

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