#EEE97F#EEE97F

#EEE97F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.129 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE97F
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 127)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(57, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 46.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.77, -12.54, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.77, 53.27, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(91.61% -0.036 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(91.61% 0.129 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.2311, 77.9891, 31.5337)
Luminance	0.7799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE97F #7F84EE

analogous

#EEB27F #EEE97F #BCEE7F

triadic

#EEE97F #7FEEE9 #E97FEE

tetradic

#EEE97F #7FEEB2 #7F84EE #EE7FBC

square

#EEE97F #7FEEB2 #7F84EE #EE7FBC

split-complementary

#EEE97F #7FBCEE #B27FEE

monochromatic

#D6CE1C #E7E049 #EEE97F #F5F2B5 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#EEE97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE97F

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE97F	1.00	1.27	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.129 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efa6',
    500: '#eee97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee97f;
$custom-light: #f5efa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.297,
    "s": 76.552,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91611,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE97F

secondary

#494FC8

accent

#16D90D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE97F

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

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