#EEE87D#EEE87D

#EEE87D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.130 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE87D
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 125)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 47.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.49, -12.23, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.49, 53.78, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(91.38% -0.0353 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(91.38% 0.13 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.8198, 77.3729, 30.7600)
Luminance	0.7737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE87D #7D83EE

analogous

#EEAF7D #EEE87D #BBEE7D

triadic

#EEE87D #7DEEE8 #E87DEE

tetradic

#EEE87D #7DEEAF #7D83EE #EE7DBB

square

#EEE87D #7DEEAF #7D83EE #EE7DBB

split-complementary

#EEE87D #7DBBEE #AF7DEE

monochromatic

#D5CB1C #E7DE47 #EEE87D #F5F2B3 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE87D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#EEE87D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE87D

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE87D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE87D	1.00	1.27	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.27	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)

#F8E174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee87d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.130 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efa5',
    500: '#eee87d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee87d;
$custom-light: #f5efa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee87d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.814,
    "s": 76.871,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91379,
    "c": 0.12956,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE87D

secondary

#474EC8

accent

#17D90C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE87D

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

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