#EEE980#EEE980

#EEE980 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.128 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE980
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 128)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(57, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 46.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.79, -12.45, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.79, 52.80, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(91.63% -0.0357 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(91.63% 0.128 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.2966, 78.0153, 31.8787)
Luminance	0.7801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE980 #8085EE

analogous

#EEB280 #EEE980 #BCEE80

triadic

#EEE980 #80EEE9 #E980EE

tetradic

#EEE980 #80EEB2 #8085EE #EE80BC

square

#EEE980 #80EEB2 #8085EE #EE80BC

split-complementary

#EEE980 #80BCEE #B280EE

monochromatic

#D7CE1D #E7E04A #EEE980 #F5F2B6 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#EEE980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE980

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE980	1.00	1.26	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.26	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)

#F9E277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.128 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efa7',
    500: '#eee980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee980;
$custom-light: #f5efa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 76.389,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91625,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE980

secondary

#4A50C8

accent

#16D90D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE980

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

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