#EEEC5A#EEEC5A

#EEEC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.164 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC5A
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 62.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.19, -16.82, 68.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.19, 70.63, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(91.83% -0.052 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(91.83% 0.164 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.1030, 78.9082, 21.3669)
Luminance	0.7891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC5A #5A5CEE

analogous

#EEA25A #EEEC5A #A6EE5A

triadic

#EEEC5A #5AEEEC #EC5AEE

tetradic

#EEEC5A #5AEEA2 #5A5CEE #EE5AA6

square

#EEEC5A #5AEEA2 #5A5CEE #EE5AA6

split-complementary

#EEEC5A #5AA6EE #A25AEE

monochromatic

#BAB813 #E8E623 #EEEC5A #F4F291 #F9F9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEEC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#EEEC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC5A

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC5A	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.164 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f18f',
    500: '#eeec5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec5a;
$custom-light: #f7f18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91828,
    "c": 0.16413,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC5A

secondary

#3335B9

accent

#0BDE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC5A

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

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