#EEE16A#EEE16A

#EEE16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.140 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE16A
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 106)
HSL	hsl(54, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 55.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.48, -10.31, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.48, 59.68, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% -0.0318 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.14 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.7887, 73.0705, 24.3241)
Luminance	0.7307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE16A #6A77EE

analogous

#EE9F6A #EEE16A #B9EE6A

triadic

#EEE16A #6AEEE1 #E16AEE

tetradic

#EEE16A #6AEE9F #6A77EE #EE6AB9

square

#EEE16A #6AEE9F #6A77EE #EE6AB9

split-complementary

#EEE16A #6AB9EE #9F6AEE

monochromatic

#C7B617 #E8D633 #EEE16A #F4ECA1 #FBF7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#EEE16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE16A

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE16A	1.00	1.34	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.140 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea98',
    500: '#eee16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee16a;
$custom-light: #f6ea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.091,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89715,
    "c": 0.14046,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE16A

secondary

#3846C4

accent

#1EDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE16A

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

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