#EEEB79#EEEB79

#EEEB79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.137 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEB79
RGB	rgb(238, 235, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.22, -14.06, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.22, 56.89, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(91.95% -0.041 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(91.95% 0.137 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.4211, 78.9761, 29.7251)
Luminance	0.7897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEB79 #797CEE

analogous

#EEB179 #EEEB79 #B6EE79

triadic

#EEEB79 #79EEEB #EB79EE

tetradic

#EEEB79 #79EEB1 #797CEE #EE79B6

square

#EEEB79 #79EEB1 #797CEE #EE79B6

split-complementary

#EEEB79 #79B6EE #B179EE

monochromatic

#D2CD1B #E7E343 #EEEB79 #F5F3AF #FCFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEEB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79

#EEEB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEB79

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEB79	1.00	1.25	16.79	16.79
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE87F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeeb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 235, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.137 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f1a2',
    500: '#eeeb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeeb79;
$custom-light: #f6f1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeeb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91946,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEB79

secondary

#4447C7

accent

#11DA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEB79

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

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