#EEE66A#EEE66A

#EEE66A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.145 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE66A
RGB	rgb(238, 230, 106)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 55.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.77, -12.79, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.77, 61.60, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(90.74% -0.0389 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(90.74% 0.145 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.1603, 75.8135, 24.7813)
Luminance	0.7581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE66A #6A72EE

analogous

#EEA46A #EEE66A #B4EE6A

triadic

#EEE66A #6AEEE6 #E66AEE

tetradic

#EEE66A #6AEEA4 #6A72EE #EE6AB4

square

#EEE66A #6AEEA4 #6A72EE #EE6AB4

split-complementary

#EEE66A #6AB4EE #A46AEE

monochromatic

#C7BC17 #E8DD33 #EEE66A #F4EFA1 #FBF8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EEE66A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#EEE66A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE66A

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE66A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE66A	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee66a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 230, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.145 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ed98',
    500: '#eee66a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee66a;
$custom-light: #f6ed98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee66a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90741,
    "c": 0.14528,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE66A

secondary

#3840C4

accent

#16DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE66A

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

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