#EEE86D#EEE86D

#EEE86D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.145 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE86D
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 109)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 54.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.32, -13.56, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.32, 61.07, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(91.19% -0.0408 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(91.19% 0.145 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.8788, 76.9965, 25.8039)
Luminance	0.7699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE86D #6D73EE

analogous

#EEA76D #EEE86D #B4EE6D

triadic

#EEE86D #6DEEE8 #E86DEE

tetradic

#EEE86D #6DEEA7 #6D73EE #EE6DB4

square

#EEE86D #6DEEA7 #6D73EE #EE6DB4

split-complementary

#EEE86D #6DB4EE #A76DEE

monochromatic

#C9C117 #E8DF36 #EEE86D #F4F1A4 #FBF9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#EEE86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE86D

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE86D	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.145 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef9a',
    500: '#eee86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee86d;
$custom-light: #f6ef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91186,
    "c": 0.14463,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE86D

secondary

#3940C6

accent

#14DB0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE86D

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

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