#EEEC4F#EEEC4F

#EEEC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.172 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC4F
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 66.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.11, -17.44, 72.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.11, 74.82, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(91.74% -0.0549 0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(91.74% 0.172 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.6690, 78.7346, 19.0810)
Luminance	0.7873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC4F #4F51EE

analogous

#EE9C4F #EEEC4F #A1EE4F

triadic

#EEEC4F #4FEEEC #EC4FEE

tetradic

#EEEC4F #4FEE9C #4F51EE #EE4FA1

square

#EEEC4F #4FEE9C #4F51EE #EE4FA1

split-complementary

#EEEC4F #4FA1EE #9C4FEE

monochromatic

#B1AF11 #E9E617 #EEEC4F #F3F287 #F9F8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEEC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#EEEC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC4F

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC4F	1.00	1.25	16.75	16.75
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.172 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f189',
    500: '#eeec4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec4f;
$custom-light: #f7f189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.245,
    "s": 82.383,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9174,
    "c": 0.17179,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC4F

secondary

#3031B2

accent

#09DF07

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC4F

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

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