#EEE16C#EEE16C

#EEE16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.139 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE16C
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(54, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 54.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.50, -10.16, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.50, 58.79, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0312 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.139 103)
XYZ	xyz(64.8940, 73.1125, 24.8782)
Luminance	0.7311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE16C #6C79EE

analogous

#EEA06C #EEE16C #BAEE6C

triadic

#EEE16C #6CEEE1 #E16CEE

tetradic

#EEE16C #6CEEA0 #6C79EE #EE6CBA

square

#EEE16C #6CEEA0 #6C79EE #EE6CBA

split-complementary

#EEE16C #6CBAEE #A06CEE

monochromatic

#C8B717 #E8D635 #EEE16C #F4ECA3 #FBF7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#EEE16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE16C

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE16C	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.139 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea99',
    500: '#eee16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee16c;
$custom-light: #f6ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89737,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.7311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE16C

secondary

#3947C6

accent

#1FDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE16C

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

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