#EEE861#EEE861

#EEE861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.155 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE861
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.21, -14.42, 64.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.21, 66.24, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(91.06% -0.0445 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(91.06% 0.155 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.2763, 76.7555, 22.6310)
Luminance	0.7675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE861 #6167EE

analogous

#EEA161 #EEE861 #ADEE61

triadic

#EEE861 #61EEE8 #E861EE

tetradic

#EEE861 #61EEA1 #6167EE #EE61AD

square

#EEE861 #61EEA1 #6167EE #EE61AD

split-complementary

#EEE861 #61ADEE #A161EE

monochromatic

#C0B915 #E8E02A #EEE861 #F4F098 #FAF8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#EEE861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE861

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE861	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)

#FAE052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.155 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef93',
    500: '#eee861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee861;
$custom-light: #f6ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91062,
    "c": 0.15479,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE861

secondary

#353BBE

accent

#12DD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE861

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

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