#EEE27B#EEE27B

#EEE27B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.125 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE27B
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 123)
HSL	hsl(54, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 48.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.92, -9.42, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.92, 52.28, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(90.13% -0.0275 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(90.13% 0.125 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.0332, 74.0020, 29.5405)
Luminance	0.7400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE27B #7B87EE

analogous

#EEA87B #EEE27B #C0EE7B

triadic

#EEE27B #7BEEE2 #E27BEE

tetradic

#EEE27B #7BEEA8 #7B87EE #EE7BC0

square

#EEE27B #7BEEA8 #7B87EE #EE7BC0

split-complementary

#EEE27B #7BC0EE #A87BEE

monochromatic

#D3C01B #E7D645 #EEE27B #F5EEB1 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE27B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#EEE27B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE27B

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE27B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE27B	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee27b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.125 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eaa3',
    500: '#eee27b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee27b;
$custom-light: #f5eaa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee27b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.739,
    "s": 77.181,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90125,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE27B

secondary

#4653C8

accent

#22D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE27B

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

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