#EEEC48#EEEC48

#EEEC48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.176 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC48
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 69.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.07, -17.79, 75.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.07, 77.30, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0565 0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.176 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.4275, 78.6380, 17.8091)
Luminance	0.7864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC48 #484AEE

analogous

#EE9948 #EEEC48 #9DEE48

triadic

#EEEC48 #48EEEC #EC48EE

tetradic

#EEEC48 #48EE99 #484AEE #EE489D

square

#EEEC48 #48EE99 #484AEE #EE489D

split-complementary

#EEEC48 #489DEE #9948EE

monochromatic

#ACAA10 #E4E115 #EEEC48 #F3F280 #F8F8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEEC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#EEEC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC48

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC48	1.00	1.26	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.176 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f185',
    500: '#eeec48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec48;
$custom-light: #f7f185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.277,
    "s": 83,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91691,
    "c": 0.17616,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC48

secondary

#2E2FAC

accent

#09DF06

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC48

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

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