#EEE178#EEE178

#EEE178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.127 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE178
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 49.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.63, -9.18, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.63, 53.30, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.88% -0.0271 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(89.88% 0.127 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.5771, 73.3858, 28.4762)
Luminance	0.7338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE178 #7885EE

analogous

#EEA678 #EEE178 #C0EE78

triadic

#EEE178 #78EEE1 #E178EE

tetradic

#EEE178 #78EEA6 #7885EE #EE78C0

square

#EEE178 #78EEA6 #7885EE #EE78C0

split-complementary

#EEE178 #78C0EE #A678EE

monochromatic

#D1BD1A #E7D542 #EEE178 #F5EDAE #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#EEE178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE178

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE178	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.127 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa1',
    500: '#eee178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee178;
$custom-light: #f6eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89882,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE178

secondary

#4351C7

accent

#22DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE178

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

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