#EEE173#EEE173

#EEE173 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.132 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE173
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 115)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 51.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.58, -9.60, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.58, 55.61, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(89.82% -0.0288 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(89.82% 0.132 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.2816, 73.2676, 26.9196)
Luminance	0.7327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE173 #7380EE

analogous

#EEA473 #EEE173 #BDEE73

triadic

#EEE173 #73EEE1 #E173EE

tetradic

#EEE173 #73EEA4 #7380EE #EE73BD

square

#EEE173 #73EEA4 #7380EE #EE73BD

split-complementary

#EEE173 #73BDEE #A473EE

monochromatic

#CEBB19 #E7D53C #EEE173 #F5EDAA #FBF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#EEE173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE173

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE173	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)

#F2DB69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.132 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea9e',
    500: '#eee173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee173;
$custom-light: #f6ea9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.659,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89819,
    "c": 0.13223,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE173

secondary

#3E4DC7

accent

#21DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE173

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

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