#EEE871#EEE871

#EEE871 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.141 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE871
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 113)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 52.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.36, -13.24, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.36, 59.28, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(91.23% -0.0395 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(91.23% 0.141 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.0990, 77.0846, 26.9638)
Luminance	0.7708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE871 #7177EE

analogous

#EEAA71 #EEE871 #B6EE71

triadic

#EEE871 #71EEE8 #E871EE

tetradic

#EEE871 #71EEAA #7177EE #EE71B6

square

#EEE871 #71EEAA #7177EE #EE71B6

split-complementary

#EEE871 #71B6EE #AA71EE

monochromatic

#CCC418 #E7DF3A #EEE871 #F5F1A8 #FBFADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#EEE871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE871

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE871	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E066

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.141 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef9d',
    500: '#eee871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee871;
$custom-light: #f6ef9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91231,
    "c": 0.14102,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE871

secondary

#3D43C7

accent

#15DB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE871

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

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