#EEEA66#EEEA66

#EEEA66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.153 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA66
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 102)
HSL	hsl(58, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 57.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.77, -15.05, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.77, 64.90, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(91.53% -0.0458 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(91.53% 0.153 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.0830, 77.9841, 24.0865)
Luminance	0.7798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA66 #666AEE

analogous

#EEA666 #EEEA66 #AEEE66

triadic

#EEEA66 #66EEEA #EA66EE

tetradic

#EEEA66 #66EEA6 #666AEE #EE66AE

square

#EEEA66 #66EEA6 #666AEE #EE66AE

split-complementary

#EEEA66 #66AEEE #A666EE

monochromatic

#C4BF16 #E8E22F #EEEA66 #F4F29D #FAF9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEEA66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#EEEA66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA66

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA66	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)

#FBE258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE76D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.153 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f096',
    500: '#eeea66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea66;
$custom-light: #f6f096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91525,
    "c": 0.15268,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA66

secondary

#373BC2

accent

#0FDC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA66

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

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