#EEE87C#EEE87C

#EEE87C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.131 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE87C
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 124)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 47.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.48, -12.31, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.48, 54.25, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(91.37% -0.0357 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(91.37% 0.131 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.7562, 77.3475, 30.4252)
Luminance	0.7735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE87C #7C82EE

analogous

#EEAF7C #EEE87C #BBEE7C

triadic

#EEE87C #7CEEE8 #E87CEE

tetradic

#EEE87C #7CEEAF #7C82EE #EE7CBB

square

#EEE87C #7CEEAF #7C82EE #EE7CBB

split-complementary

#EEE87C #7CBBEE #AF7CEE

monochromatic

#D4CA1C #E7DE46 #EEE87C #F5F2B2 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE87C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#EEE87C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE87C

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE87C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE87C	1.00	1.28	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee87c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.131 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efa4',
    500: '#eee87c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee87c;
$custom-light: #f5efa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee87c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 77.027,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91366,
    "c": 0.13056,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE87C

secondary

#464DC8

accent

#17D90C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE87C

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

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