#EEE87A#EEE87A

#EEE87A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.133 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE87A
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 122)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 48.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.46, -12.49, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.46, 55.18, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.34% -0.0364 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(91.34% 0.133 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.6310, 77.2974, 29.7659)
Luminance	0.7730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE87A #7A80EE

analogous

#EEAE7A #EEE87A #BAEE7A

triadic

#EEE87A #7AEEE8 #E87AEE

tetradic

#EEE87A #7AEEAE #7A80EE #EE7ABA

square

#EEE87A #7AEEAE #7A80EE #EE7ABA

split-complementary

#EEE87A #7ABAEE #AE7AEE

monochromatic

#D3C91B #E7DF44 #EEE87A #F5F1B0 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE87A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#EEE87A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE87A

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE87A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE87A	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee87a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.133 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efa3',
    500: '#eee87a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee87a;
$custom-light: #f6efa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee87a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 77.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91341,
    "c": 0.13252,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE87A

secondary

#454BC8

accent

#17DA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE87A

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

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