#EEE96D#EEE96D

#EEE96D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.146 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE96D
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 109)
HSL	hsl(58, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 54.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.58, -14.05, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.58, 61.47, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(91.39% -0.0422 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(91.39% 0.146 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.1610, 77.5611, 25.8980)
Luminance	0.7756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE96D #6D72EE

analogous

#EEA86D #EEE96D #B3EE6D

triadic

#EEE96D #6DEEE9 #E96DEE

tetradic

#EEE96D #6DEEA8 #6D72EE #EE6DB3

square

#EEE96D #6DEEA8 #6D72EE #EE6DB3

split-complementary

#EEE96D #6DB3EE #A86DEE

monochromatic

#C9C217 #E8E136 #EEE96D #F4F1A4 #FBFADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#EEE96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE96D

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE96D	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)

#FAE161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.146 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef9a',
    500: '#eee96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee96d;
$custom-light: #f6ef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.674,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91392,
    "c": 0.14564,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE96D

secondary

#393EC6

accent

#12DB0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE96D

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

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