#EEEA79#EEEA79

#EEEA79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.136 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA79
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.96, -13.57, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.96, 56.47, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(91.74% -0.0396 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(91.74% 0.136 107)
XYZ	xyz(68.1356, 78.4051, 29.6300)
Luminance	0.7840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA79 #797DEE

analogous

#EEB079 #EEEA79 #B7EE79

triadic

#EEEA79 #79EEEA #EA79EE

tetradic

#EEEA79 #79EEB0 #797DEE #EE79B7

square

#EEEA79 #79EEB0 #797DEE #EE79B7

split-complementary

#EEEA79 #79B7EE #B079EE

monochromatic

#D2CC1B #E7E143 #EEEA79 #F5F3AF #FCFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEEA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#EEEA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA79

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA79	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)

#FAE26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.136 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f0a2',
    500: '#eeea79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea79;
$custom-light: #f6f0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.949,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9174,
    "c": 0.13558,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.78403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA79

secondary

#4448C7

accent

#13DA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA79

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

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