#EEE96C#EEE96C

#EEE96C 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 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE96C
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 108)
HSL	hsl(58, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 54.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.57, -14.12, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.57, 61.91, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(91.38% -0.0425 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(91.38% 0.147 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.1075, 77.5396, 25.6161)
Luminance	0.7754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE96C #6C71EE

analogous

#EEA86C #EEE96C #B2EE6C

triadic

#EEE96C #6CEEE9 #E96CEE

tetradic

#EEE96C #6CEEA8 #6C71EE #EE6CB2

square

#EEE96C #6CEEA8 #6C71EE #EE6CB2

split-complementary

#EEE96C #6CB2EE #A86CEE

monochromatic

#C8C217 #E8E135 #EEE96C #F4F1A3 #FBF9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#EEE96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE96C

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE96C	1.00	1.27	16.51	16.51
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE15F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.147 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef9a',
    500: '#eee96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee96c;
$custom-light: #f6ef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91381,
    "c": 0.14653,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE96C

secondary

#393EC6

accent

#12DC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE96C

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

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