#EEEA77#EEEA77

#EEEA77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.137 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA77
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 119)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 50%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.94, -13.74, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.94, 57.39, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(91.72% -0.0403 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(91.72% 0.137 107)
XYZ	xyz(68.0142, 78.3565, 28.9907)
Luminance	0.7835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA77 #777BEE

analogous

#EEAE77 #EEEA77 #B7EE77

triadic

#EEEA77 #77EEEA #EA77EE

tetradic

#EEEA77 #77EEAE #777BEE #EE77B7

square

#EEEA77 #77EEAE #777BEE #EE77B7

split-complementary

#EEEA77 #77B7EE #AE77EE

monochromatic

#D1CA1A #E7E241 #EEEA77 #F5F2AD #FCFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEEA77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#EEEA77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA77

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA77	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE26C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.137 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f0a1',
    500: '#eeea77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea77;
$custom-light: #f6f0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.983,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91715,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.78355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA77

secondary

#4246C7

accent

#12DA0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA77

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

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