#EEE17C#EEE17C

#EEE17C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.123 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE17C
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 124)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 47.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.68, -8.83, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.68, 51.42, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(89.94% -0.0257 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(89.94% 0.123 102)
XYZ	xyz(65.8250, 73.4849, 29.7815)
Luminance	0.7348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE17C #7C89EE

analogous

#EEA87C #EEE17C #C2EE7C

triadic

#EEE17C #7CEEE1 #E17CEE

tetradic

#EEE17C #7CEEA8 #7C89EE #EE7CC2

square

#EEE17C #7CEEA8 #7C89EE #EE7CC2

split-complementary

#EEE17C #7CC2EE #A87CEE

monochromatic

#D4BF1C #E7D546 #EEE17C #F5EDB2 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#EEE17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE17C

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE17C	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E180

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.123 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eaa4',
    500: '#eee17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee17c;
$custom-light: #f5eaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.158,
    "s": 77.027,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89935,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.73483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE17C

secondary

#4655C8

accent

#24D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE17C

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

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