#EEE97B#EEE97B

#EEE97B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.133 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE97B
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 123)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 48.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.73, -12.90, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.73, 55.13, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(91.56% -0.0375 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(91.56% 0.133 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.9756, 77.8869, 30.1880)
Luminance	0.7789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE97B #7B80EE

analogous

#EEAF7B #EEE97B #B9EE7B

triadic

#EEE97B #7BEEE9 #E97BEE

tetradic

#EEE97B #7BEEAF #7B80EE #EE7BB9

square

#EEE97B #7BEEAF #7B80EE #EE7BB9

split-complementary

#EEE97B #7BB9EE #AF7BEE

monochromatic

#D3CB1B #E7E045 #EEE97B #F5F2B1 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#EEE97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE97B

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE97B	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.133 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efa3',
    500: '#eee97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee97b;
$custom-light: #f5efa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 77.181,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91559,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE97B

secondary

#464BC8

accent

#15D90C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE97B

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

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