#EEE97A#EEE97A

#EEE97A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.134 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE97A
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 122)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 48.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.72, -12.99, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.72, 55.59, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(91.55% -0.0378 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(91.55% 0.134 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.9133, 77.8620, 29.8600)
Luminance	0.7786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE97A #7A7FEE

analogous

#EEAF7A #EEE97A #B9EE7A

triadic

#EEE97A #7AEEE9 #E97AEE

tetradic

#EEE97A #7AEEAF #7A7FEE #EE7AB9

square

#EEE97A #7AEEAF #7A7FEE #EE7AB9

split-complementary

#EEE97A #7AB9EE #AF7AEE

monochromatic

#D3CB1B #E7E044 #EEE97A #F5F2B0 #FCFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#EEE97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE97A

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE97A	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.134 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efa3',
    500: '#eee97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee97a;
$custom-light: #f6efa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.414,
    "s": 77.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91546,
    "c": 0.13356,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE97A

secondary

#454AC8

accent

#15DA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE97A

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

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