#EEE66B#EEE66B

#EEE66B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.144 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE66B
RGB	rgb(238, 230, 107)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 55%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.78, -12.72, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.78, 61.16, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(90.75% -0.0386 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(90.75% 0.144 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.2126, 75.8344, 25.0567)
Luminance	0.7583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE66B #6B73EE

analogous

#EEA56B #EEE66B #B4EE6B

triadic

#EEE66B #6BEEE6 #E66BEE

tetradic

#EEE66B #6BEEA5 #6B73EE #EE6BB4

square

#EEE66B #6BEEA5 #6B73EE #EE6BB4

split-complementary

#EEE66B #6BB4EE #A56BEE

monochromatic

#C8BD17 #E8DD34 #EEE66B #F4EFA2 #FBF9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EEE66B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#EEE66B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE66B

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE66B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE66B	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee66b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 230, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.144 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ed99',
    500: '#eee66b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee66b;
$custom-light: #f6ed99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee66b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90752,
    "c": 0.1444,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE66B

secondary

#3841C5

accent

#17DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE66B

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

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