#EEEA72#EEEA72

#EEEA72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.142 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA72
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 114)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.89, -14.15, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.89, 59.65, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(91.66% -0.0419 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(91.66% 0.142 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.7218, 78.2396, 27.4507)
Luminance	0.7824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA72 #7276EE

analogous

#EEAC72 #EEEA72 #B4EE72

triadic

#EEEA72 #72EEEA #EA72EE

tetradic

#EEEA72 #72EEAC #7276EE #EE72B4

square

#EEEA72 #72EEAC #7276EE #EE72B4

split-complementary

#EEEA72 #72B4EE #AC72EE

monochromatic

#CDC719 #E7E23B #EEEA72 #F5F2A9 #FBFADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEEA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#EEEA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA72

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA72	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE266

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.142 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f09e',
    500: '#eeea72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea72;
$custom-light: #f6f09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91655,
    "c": 0.14216,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA72

secondary

#3D42C7

accent

#11DB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA72

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

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