#EEEC57#EEEC57

#EEEC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.166 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC57
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.17, -17.00, 69.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.17, 71.80, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(91.8% -0.0529 0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(91.8% 0.166 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.9779, 78.8582, 20.7080)
Luminance	0.7886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC57 #5759EE

analogous

#EEA057 #EEEC57 #A4EE57

triadic

#EEEC57 #57EEEC #EC57EE

tetradic

#EEEC57 #57EEA0 #5759EE #EE57A4

square

#EEEC57 #57EEA0 #5759EE #EE57A4

split-complementary

#EEEC57 #57A4EE #A057EE

monochromatic

#B8B613 #E8E61F #EEEC57 #F4F28F #F9F9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEEC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#EEEC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC57

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC57	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)

#FEE343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.166 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f18d',
    500: '#eeec57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec57;
$custom-light: #f7f18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.205,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91802,
    "c": 0.16631,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC57

secondary

#3234B7

accent

#0ADE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC57

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

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