#EEE96A#EEE96A

#EEE96A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.148 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE96A
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 106)
HSL	hsl(58, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 55.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.55, -14.27, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.55, 62.78, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(91.36% -0.0431 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(91.36% 0.148 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.0023, 77.4976, 25.0619)
Luminance	0.7750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE96A #6A6FEE

analogous

#EEA76A #EEE96A #B1EE6A

triadic

#EEE96A #6AEEE9 #E96AEE

tetradic

#EEE96A #6AEEA7 #6A6FEE #EE6AB1

square

#EEE96A #6AEEA7 #6A6FEE #EE6AB1

split-complementary

#EEE96A #6AB1EE #A76AEE

monochromatic

#C7C017 #E8E133 #EEE96A #F4F1A1 #FBF9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#EEE96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE96A

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE96A	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)

#FAE15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.148 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef99',
    500: '#eee96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee96a;
$custom-light: #f6ef99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.727,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9136,
    "c": 0.14827,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE96A

secondary

#383DC4

accent

#12DC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE96A

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

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