#EEE17A#EEE17A

#EEE17A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.125 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE17A
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 122)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 48.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.65, -9.01, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.65, 52.36, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.91% -0.0264 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(89.91% 0.125 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.6998, 73.4349, 29.1221)
Luminance	0.7343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE17A #7A87EE

analogous

#EEA77A #EEE17A #C1EE7A

triadic

#EEE17A #7AEEE1 #E17AEE

tetradic

#EEE17A #7AEEA7 #7A87EE #EE7AC1

square

#EEE17A #7AEEA7 #7A87EE #EE7AC1

split-complementary

#EEE17A #7AC1EE #A77AEE

monochromatic

#D3BE1B #E7D544 #EEE17A #F5EDB0 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#EEE17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE17A

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE17A	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.125 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa2',
    500: '#eee17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee17a;
$custom-light: #f6eaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 77.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89908,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE17A

secondary

#4553C8

accent

#23DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE17A

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

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