#EECE61#EECE61

#EECE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.133 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECE61
RGB	rgb(238, 206, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, -1.35, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 57.25, 91.35°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.0071 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.133 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.4915, 63.1858, 20.3694)
Luminance	0.6318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECE61 #6181EE

analogous

#EE8761 #EECE61 #C7EE61

triadic

#EECE61 #61EECE #CE61EE

tetradic

#EECE61 #61EE87 #6181EE #EE61C7

square

#EECE61 #61EE87 #6181EE #EE61C7

split-complementary

#EECE61 #61C7EE #8761EE

monochromatic

#C09915 #E8BD2A #EECE61 #F4DF98 #FAF0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#EECE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#EECE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECE61

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECE61	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eece61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 206, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.133 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7dc91',
    500: '#eece61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eece61;
$custom-light: #f7dc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eece61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85772,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECE61

secondary

#3554BE

accent

#39DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECE61

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

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