#EEE971#EEE971

#EEE971 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.142 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE971
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 113)
HSL	hsl(58, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 52.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.62, -13.74, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.62, 59.69, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(91.44% -0.0409 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(91.44% 0.142 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.3813, 77.6491, 27.0579)
Luminance	0.7765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE971 #7176EE

analogous

#EEAB71 #EEE971 #B5EE71

triadic

#EEE971 #71EEE9 #E971EE

tetradic

#EEE971 #71EEAB #7176EE #EE71B5

square

#EEE971 #71EEAB #7176EE #EE71B5

split-complementary

#EEE971 #71B5EE #AB71EE

monochromatic

#CCC518 #E7E13A #EEE971 #F5F1A8 #FBFADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#EEE971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE971

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE971	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE165

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.142 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef9d',
    500: '#eee971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee971;
$custom-light: #f6ef9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91437,
    "c": 0.14205,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE971

secondary

#3D42C7

accent

#13DB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE971

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

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