#EEE177#EEE177

#EEE177 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.128 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE177
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 119)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 50%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.62, -9.27, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.62, 53.76, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.87% -0.0274 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(89.87% 0.128 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.5168, 73.3617, 28.1582)
Luminance	0.7336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE177 #7784EE

analogous

#EEA577 #EEE177 #C0EE77

triadic

#EEE177 #77EEE1 #E177EE

tetradic

#EEE177 #77EEA5 #7784EE #EE77C0

square

#EEE177 #77EEA5 #7784EE #EE77C0

split-complementary

#EEE177 #77C0EE #A577EE

monochromatic

#D1BD1A #E7D541 #EEE177 #F5EDAD #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#EEE177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE177

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE177	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.128 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa1',
    500: '#eee177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee177;
$custom-light: #f6eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.445,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89869,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE177

secondary

#4251C7

accent

#22DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE177

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

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