#EEE16F#EEE16F

#EEE16F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.136 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE16F
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 111)
HSL	hsl(54, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 53.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.53, -9.93, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.53, 57.44, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.77% -0.0302 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(89.77% 0.136 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.0564, 73.1775, 25.7336)
Luminance	0.7318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE16F #6F7CEE

analogous

#EEA16F #EEE16F #BBEE6F

triadic

#EEE16F #6FEEE1 #E16FEE

tetradic

#EEE16F #6FEEA1 #6F7CEE #EE6FBB

square

#EEE16F #6FEEA1 #6F7CEE #EE6FBB

split-complementary

#EEE16F #6FBBEE #A16FEE

monochromatic

#CBB818 #E8D638 #EEE16F #F4ECA6 #FBF8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#EEE16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE16F

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE16F	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.136 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea9b',
    500: '#eee16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee16f;
$custom-light: #f6ea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.858,
    "s": 78.882,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89771,
    "c": 0.13595,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE16F

secondary

#3B49C6

accent

#20DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE16F

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

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