#EECE57#EECE57

#EECE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.141 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECE57
RGB	rgb(238, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, -2.00, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 61.59, 91.86°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% -0.0101 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.141 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.0543, 63.0109, 18.0668)
Luminance	0.6301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECE57 #5777EE

analogous

#EE8257 #EECE57 #C2EE57

triadic

#EECE57 #57EECE #CE57EE

tetradic

#EECE57 #57EE82 #5777EE #EE57C2

square

#EECE57 #57EE82 #5777EE #EE57C2

split-complementary

#EECE57 #57C2EE #8257EE

monochromatic

#B89513 #E8BE1F #EECE57 #F4DE8F #F9EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#EECE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#EECE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECE57

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECE57	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)

#E2CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eece57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.141 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7dc8b',
    500: '#eece57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eece57;
$custom-light: #f7dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eece57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.285,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8567,
    "c": 0.1407,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECE57

secondary

#324EB7

accent

#35DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECE57

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

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