#EEE77B#EEE77B

#EEE77B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.131 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE77B
RGB	rgb(238, 231, 123)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 48.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.21, -11.91, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.21, 54.30, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(91.15% -0.0346 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(91.15% 0.131 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.4126, 76.7609, 30.0003)
Luminance	0.7676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE77B #7B82EE

analogous

#EEAD7B #EEE77B #BBEE7B

triadic

#EEE77B #7BEEE7 #E77BEE

tetradic

#EEE77B #7BEEAD #7B82EE #EE7BBB

square

#EEE77B #7BEEAD #7B82EE #EE7BBB

split-complementary

#EEE77B #7BBBEE #AD7BEE

monochromatic

#D3C81B #E7DD45 #EEE77B #F5F1B1 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE77B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#EEE77B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE77B

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE77B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE77B	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee77b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 231, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.131 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eea3',
    500: '#eee77b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee77b;
$custom-light: #f5eea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee77b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 77.181,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91148,
    "c": 0.1305,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE77B

secondary

#464DC8

accent

#19D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE77B

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

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