#EEE16D#EEE16D

#EEE16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.138 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE16D
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 54.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.51, -10.08, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.51, 58.34, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.75% -0.0308 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(89.75% 0.138 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.9475, 73.1339, 25.1601)
Luminance	0.7313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE16D #6D7AEE

analogous

#EEA06D #EEE16D #BBEE6D

triadic

#EEE16D #6DEEE1 #E16DEE

tetradic

#EEE16D #6DEEA0 #6D7AEE #EE6DBB

square

#EEE16D #6DEEA0 #6D7AEE #EE6DBB

split-complementary

#EEE16D #6DBBEE #A06DEE

monochromatic

#C9B717 #E8D636 #EEE16D #F4ECA4 #FBF8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#EEE16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE16D

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE16D	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.138 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea9a',
    500: '#eee16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee16d;
$custom-light: #f6ea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.953,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89748,
    "c": 0.13778,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE16D

secondary

#3947C6

accent

#1FDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE16D

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

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