#EECE5B#EECE5B

#EECE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.138 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECE5B
RGB	rgb(238, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.48, -1.75, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.48, 59.88, 91.68°)
OKLab	oklab(85.71% -0.0089 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(85.71% 0.138 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.2222, 63.0781, 18.9514)
Luminance	0.6308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECE5B #5B7BEE

analogous

#EE855B #EECE5B #C4EE5B

triadic

#EECE5B #5BEECE #CE5BEE

tetradic

#EECE5B #5BEE85 #5B7BEE #EE5BC4

square

#EECE5B #5BEE85 #5B7BEE #EE5BC4

split-complementary

#EECE5B #5BC4EE #855BEE

monochromatic

#BB9713 #E8BD24 #EECE5B #F4DF92 #F9EFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#EECE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#EECE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECE5B

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECE5B	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eece5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.138 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7dc8e',
    500: '#eece5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eece5b;
$custom-light: #f7dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eece5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.939,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85709,
    "c": 0.13756,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECE5B

secondary

#3351BA

accent

#36DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECE5B

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

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