#EEE969#EEE969

#EEE969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.149 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE969
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 105)
HSL	hsl(58, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 55.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.54, -14.35, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.54, 63.22, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(91.35% -0.0434 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(91.35% 0.149 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.9506, 77.4769, 24.7897)
Luminance	0.7748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE969 #696EEE

analogous

#EEA669 #EEE969 #B1EE69

triadic

#EEE969 #69EEE9 #E969EE

tetradic

#EEE969 #69EEA6 #696EEE #EE69B1

square

#EEE969 #69EEA6 #696EEE #EE69B1

split-complementary

#EEE969 #69B1EE #A669EE

monochromatic

#C6C016 #E8E132 #EEE969 #F4F1A0 #FAF9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#EEE969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE969

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE969	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.149 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef98',
    500: '#eee969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee969;
$custom-light: #f6ef98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.744,
    "s": 79.641,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91349,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE969

secondary

#383DC4

accent

#11DC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE969

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

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