#EEE97C#EEE97C

#EEE97C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.132 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE97C
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 124)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 47.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.74, -12.81, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.74, 54.67, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(91.57% -0.0371 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(91.57% 0.132 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.0385, 77.9120, 30.5193)
Luminance	0.7791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE97C #7C81EE

analogous

#EEB07C #EEE97C #BAEE7C

triadic

#EEE97C #7CEEE9 #E97CEE

tetradic

#EEE97C #7CEEB0 #7C81EE #EE7CBA

square

#EEE97C #7CEEB0 #7C81EE #EE7CBA

split-complementary

#EEE97C #7CBAEE #B07CEE

monochromatic

#D4CC1C #E7E046 #EEE97C #F5F2B2 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#EEE97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE97C

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE97C	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)

#F9E272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.132 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efa4',
    500: '#eee97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee97c;
$custom-light: #f5efa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.368,
    "s": 77.027,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91572,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE97C

secondary

#464CC8

accent

#15D90C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE97C

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

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