#EEE978#EEE978

#EEE978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.135 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE978
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 49.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.69, -13.16, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.69, 56.51, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(91.52% -0.0385 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(91.52% 0.135 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.7907, 77.8129, 29.2140)
Luminance	0.7781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE978 #787DEE

analogous

#EEAE78 #EEE978 #B8EE78

triadic

#EEE978 #78EEE9 #E978EE

tetradic

#EEE978 #78EEAE #787DEE #EE78B8

square

#EEE978 #78EEAE #787DEE #EE78B8

split-complementary

#EEE978 #78B8EE #AE78EE

monochromatic

#D1CA1A #E7E042 #EEE978 #F5F2AE #FCFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#EEE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE978

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE978	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E26E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.135 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efa2',
    500: '#eee978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee978;
$custom-light: #f6efa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.458,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91521,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE978

secondary

#4348C7

accent

#14DA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE978

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

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