#EEE97E#EEE97E

#EEE97E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.130 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE97E
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 126)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 47.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.76, -12.63, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.76, 53.74, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(91.6% -0.0364 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(91.6% 0.13 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.1663, 77.9631, 31.1922)
Luminance	0.7796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE97E #7E83EE

analogous

#EEB17E #EEE97E #BBEE7E

triadic

#EEE97E #7EEEE9 #E97EEE

tetradic

#EEE97E #7EEEB1 #7E83EE #EE7EBB

square

#EEE97E #7EEEB1 #7E83EE #EE7EBB

split-complementary

#EEE97E #7EBBEE #B17EEE

monochromatic

#D5CD1C #E7E048 #EEE97E #F5F2B4 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#EEE97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE97E

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE97E	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)

#F9E275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.130 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efa5',
    500: '#eee97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee97e;
$custom-light: #f5efa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 76.712,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91598,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE97E

secondary

#484EC8

accent

#16D90D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE97E

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

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