#EEEA78#EEEA78

#EEEA78 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 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA78
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 120)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 49.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.95, -13.65, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.95, 56.93, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(91.73% -0.0399 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(91.73% 0.137 107)
XYZ	xyz(68.0746, 78.3807, 29.3087)
Luminance	0.7838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA78 #787CEE

analogous

#EEAF78 #EEEA78 #B7EE78

triadic

#EEEA78 #78EEEA #EA78EE

tetradic

#EEEA78 #78EEAF #787CEE #EE78B7

square

#EEEA78 #78EEAF #787CEE #EE78B7

split-complementary

#EEEA78 #78B7EE #AF78EE

monochromatic

#D1CB1A #E7E242 #EEEA78 #F5F2AE #FCFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEEA78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#EEEA78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA78

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA78	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE26E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.137 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f0a2',
    500: '#eeea78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea78;
$custom-light: #f6f0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.966,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91727,
    "c": 0.13654,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.78379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA78

secondary

#4347C7

accent

#13DA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA78

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

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