#EEE387#EEE387

#EEE387 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.114 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE387
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 135)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 43.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.33, -8.79, 46.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.33, 46.97, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(90.5% -0.0246 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(90.5% 0.114 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.1036, 74.8665, 33.8329)
Luminance	0.7487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE387 #8792EE

analogous

#EEAF87 #EEE387 #C5EE87

triadic

#EEE387 #87EEE3 #E387EE

tetradic

#EEE387 #87EEAF #8792EE #EE87C5

square

#EEE387 #87EEAF #8792EE #EE87C5

split-complementary

#EEE387 #87C5EE #AF87EE

monochromatic

#DCC71F #E6D651 #EEE387 #F6F0BD #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#EEE387 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE387

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE387	1.00	1.31	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DD80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E38B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.114 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebab',
    500: '#eee387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee387;
$custom-light: #f5ebab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.592,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90497,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE387

secondary

#505DC9

accent

#24D70E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE387

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

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