#EEE87B#EEE87B

#EEE87B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.132 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE87B
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 123)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 48.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.47, -12.40, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.47, 54.72, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(91.35% -0.036 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(91.35% 0.132 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.6933, 77.3223, 30.0939)
Luminance	0.7732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE87B #7B81EE

analogous

#EEAE7B #EEE87B #BAEE7B

triadic

#EEE87B #7BEEE8 #E87BEE

tetradic

#EEE87B #7BEEAE #7B81EE #EE7BBA

square

#EEE87B #7BEEAE #7B81EE #EE7BBA

split-complementary

#EEE87B #7BBAEE #AE7BEE

monochromatic

#D3CA1B #E7DF45 #EEE87B #F5F1B1 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE87B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#EEE87B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE87B

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE87B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE87B	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)

#F8E171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee87b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.132 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efa3',
    500: '#eee87b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee87b;
$custom-light: #f5efa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee87b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.87,
    "s": 77.181,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91353,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE87B

secondary

#464CC8

accent

#17D90C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE87B

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

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