#EEE86C#EEE86C

#EEE86C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.146 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE86C
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 108)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 54.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.31, -13.63, 59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.31, 61.51, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(91.18% -0.0411 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(91.18% 0.146 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.8252, 76.9751, 25.5220)
Luminance	0.7697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE86C #6C72EE

analogous

#EEA76C #EEE86C #B3EE6C

triadic

#EEE86C #6CEEE8 #E86CEE

tetradic

#EEE86C #6CEEA7 #6C72EE #EE6CB3

square

#EEE86C #6CEEA7 #6C72EE #EE6CB3

split-complementary

#EEE86C #6CB3EE #A76CEE

monochromatic

#C8C017 #E8DF35 #EEE86C #F4F1A3 #FBF9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#EEE86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE86C

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE86C	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E05F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.146 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef9a',
    500: '#eee86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee86c;
$custom-light: #f6ef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91175,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE86C

secondary

#393FC6

accent

#14DC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE86C

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

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