#EEE960#EEE960

#EEE960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.157 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE960
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(58, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.46, -14.97, 65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.46, 67.04, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(91.26% -0.0462 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(91.26% 0.157 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.5123, 77.3015, 22.4811)
Luminance	0.7730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE960 #6065EE

analogous

#EEA260 #EEE960 #ACEE60

triadic

#EEE960 #60EEE9 #E960EE

tetradic

#EEE960 #60EEA2 #6065EE #EE60AC

square

#EEE960 #60EEA2 #6065EE #EE60AC

split-complementary

#EEE960 #60ACEE #A260EE

monochromatic

#BFB914 #E8E129 #EEE960 #F4F197 #FAF8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#EEE960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE960

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE960	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)

#FBE150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.157 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef92',
    500: '#eee960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee960;
$custom-light: #f6ef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.887,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91259,
    "c": 0.15657,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE960

secondary

#353ABD

accent

#10DD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE960

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

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