#EEE987#EEE987

#EEE987 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.120 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE987
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 135)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 43.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.87, -11.78, 48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.87, 49.49, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(91.72% -0.0331 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(91.72% 0.12 106)
XYZ	xyz(68.7733, 78.2060, 34.3894)
Luminance	0.7820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE987 #878CEE

analogous

#EEB587 #EEE987 #C0EE87

triadic

#EEE987 #87EEE9 #E987EE

tetradic

#EEE987 #87EEB5 #878CEE #EE87C0

square

#EEE987 #87EEB5 #878CEE #EE87C0

split-complementary

#EEE987 #87C0EE #B587EE

monochromatic

#DCD21F #E6DF51 #EEE987 #F6F3BD #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#EEE987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE987

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE987	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)

#F8E27F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE78B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.120 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efab',
    500: '#eee987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee987;
$custom-light: #f5efab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.087,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91722,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.78204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE987

secondary

#5056C9

accent

#18D70E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE987

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

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