#EEE079#EEE079

#EEE079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.125 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE079
RGB	rgb(238, 224, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.39, -8.59, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.39, 52.44, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(89.69% -0.0253 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(89.69% 0.125 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.3686, 72.8711, 28.7076)
Luminance	0.7287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE079 #7987EE

analogous

#EEA679 #EEE079 #C1EE79

triadic

#EEE079 #79EEE0 #E079EE

tetradic

#EEE079 #79EEA6 #7987EE #EE79C1

square

#EEE079 #79EEA6 #7987EE #EE79C1

split-complementary

#EEE079 #79C1EE #A679EE

monochromatic

#D2BC1B #E7D343 #EEE079 #F5EDAF #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EEE079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#EEE079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE079

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE079	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 224, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.125 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e9a2',
    500: '#eee079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee079;
$custom-light: #f6e9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89691,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE079

secondary

#4454C7

accent

#24DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE079

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

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