#EECE59#EECE59

#EECE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.139 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECE59
RGB	rgb(238, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.47, -1.88, 60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.47, 60.74, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.69% -0.0095 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(85.69% 0.139 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.1371, 63.0441, 18.5031)
Luminance	0.6304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECE59 #5979EE

analogous

#EE8459 #EECE59 #C4EE59

triadic

#EECE59 #59EECE #CE59EE

tetradic

#EECE59 #59EE84 #5979EE #EE59C4

square

#EECE59 #59EE84 #5979EE #EE59C4

split-complementary

#EECE59 #59C4EE #8459EE

monochromatic

#BA9613 #E8BE21 #EECE59 #F4DE91 #F9EFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#EECE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#EECE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECE59

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECE59	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eece59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.139 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7dc8c',
    500: '#eece59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eece59;
$custom-light: #f7dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eece59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.114,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85689,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECE59

secondary

#334FB9

accent

#36DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECE59

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

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