#EEE986#EEE986

#EEE986 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.121 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE986
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 134)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 43.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.86, -11.88, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.86, 49.96, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(91.71% -0.0335 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(91.71% 0.121 106)
XYZ	xyz(68.7033, 78.1779, 34.0204)
Luminance	0.7818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE986 #868BEE

analogous

#EEB586 #EEE986 #BFEE86

triadic

#EEE986 #86EEE9 #E986EE

tetradic

#EEE986 #86EEB5 #868BEE #EE86BF

square

#EEE986 #86EEB5 #868BEE #EE86BF

split-complementary

#EEE986 #86BFEE #B586EE

monochromatic

#DBD21F #E6DF50 #EEE986 #F6F3BC #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#EEE986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE986

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE986	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E27E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE78A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.121 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efab',
    500: '#eee986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee986;
$custom-light: #f5efab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.115,
    "s": 75.362,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91708,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.78176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE986

secondary

#4F55C9

accent

#18D80E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE986

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

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