#EEEC56#EEEC56

#EEEC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.167 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC56
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.16, -17.06, 70.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.16, 72.19, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(91.79% -0.0531 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(91.79% 0.167 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.9373, 78.8419, 20.4943)
Luminance	0.7884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC56 #5658EE

analogous

#EEA056 #EEEC56 #A4EE56

triadic

#EEEC56 #56EEEC #EC56EE

tetradic

#EEEC56 #56EEA0 #5658EE #EE56A4

square

#EEEC56 #56EEA0 #5658EE #EE56A4

split-complementary

#EEEC56 #56A4EE #A056EE

monochromatic

#B7B512 #E8E61E #EEEC56 #F4F28E #F9F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEEC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#EEEC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC56

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC56	1.00	1.25	16.77	16.77
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.167 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f18d',
    500: '#eeec56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec56;
$custom-light: #f7f18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.211,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91794,
    "c": 0.16702,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC56

secondary

#3233B7

accent

#0ADE07

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC56

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

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