#EEE172#EEE172

#EEE172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.133 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE172
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.56, -9.69, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.56, 56.07, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.81% -0.0292 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(89.81% 0.133 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.2243, 73.2447, 26.6182)
Luminance	0.7324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE172 #727FEE

analogous

#EEA372 #EEE172 #BDEE72

triadic

#EEE172 #72EEE1 #E172EE

tetradic

#EEE172 #72EEA3 #727FEE #EE72BD

square

#EEE172 #72EEA3 #727FEE #EE72BD

split-complementary

#EEE172 #72BDEE #A372EE

monochromatic

#CDBA19 #E7D53B #EEE172 #F5EDA9 #FBF8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#EEE172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE172

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE172	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.133 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea9d',
    500: '#eee172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee172;
$custom-light: #f6ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.71,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89807,
    "c": 0.13318,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE172

secondary

#3D4CC7

accent

#21DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE172

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

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