#EEE97D#EEE97D

#EEE97D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.131 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE97D
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 125)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 47.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.75, -12.72, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.75, 54.20, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(91.59% -0.0368 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(91.59% 0.131 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.1021, 77.9375, 30.8541)
Luminance	0.7794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE97D #7D82EE

analogous

#EEB07D #EEE97D #BAEE7D

triadic

#EEE97D #7DEEE9 #E97DEE

tetradic

#EEE97D #7DEEB0 #7D82EE #EE7DBA

square

#EEE97D #7DEEB0 #7D82EE #EE7DBA

split-complementary

#EEE97D #7DBAEE #B07DEE

monochromatic

#D5CD1C #E7E047 #EEE97D #F5F2B3 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#EEE97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE97D

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE97D	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.131 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efa5',
    500: '#eee97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee97d;
$custom-light: #f5efa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.345,
    "s": 76.871,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91585,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE97D

secondary

#474DC8

accent

#15D90C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE97D

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

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