#EEEA60#EEEA60

#EEEA60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.158 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA60
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 96)
HSL	hsl(58, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.72, -15.46, 65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.72, 67.42, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(91.47% -0.0476 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(91.47% 0.158 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.7962, 77.8693, 22.5758)
Luminance	0.7787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA60 #6064EE

analogous

#EEA360 #EEEA60 #ABEE60

triadic

#EEEA60 #60EEEA #EA60EE

tetradic

#EEEA60 #60EEA3 #6064EE #EE60AB

square

#EEEA60 #60EEA3 #6064EE #EE60AB

split-complementary

#EEEA60 #60ABEE #A360EE

monochromatic

#BFBA14 #E8E329 #EEEA60 #F4F197 #FAF9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEEA60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#EEEA60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA60

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA60	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.158 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f092',
    500: '#eeea60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea60;
$custom-light: #f6f092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.31,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91466,
    "c": 0.15756,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA60

secondary

#3539BD

accent

#0EDD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA60

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

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