#EEE96B#EEE96B

#EEE96B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.147 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE96B
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 107)
HSL	hsl(58, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 55%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.56, -14.20, 60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.56, 62.35, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(91.37% -0.0428 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(91.37% 0.147 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.0546, 77.5185, 25.3374)
Luminance	0.7752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE96B #6B70EE

analogous

#EEA86B #EEE96B #B1EE6B

triadic

#EEE96B #6BEEE9 #E96BEE

tetradic

#EEE96B #6BEEA8 #6B70EE #EE6BB1

square

#EEE96B #6BEEA8 #6B70EE #EE6BB1

split-complementary

#EEE96B #6BB1EE #A86BEE

monochromatic

#C8C117 #E8E134 #EEE96B #F4F1A2 #FBF9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#EEE96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE96B

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE96B	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)

#FAE15E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.147 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef99',
    500: '#eee96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee96b;
$custom-light: #f6ef99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.71,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9137,
    "c": 0.14741,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE96B

secondary

#383EC5

accent

#12DC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE96B

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

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