#EEEC5B#EEEC5B

#EEEC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.163 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC5B
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.20, -16.76, 68.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.20, 70.23, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(91.84% -0.0518 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(91.84% 0.163 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.1458, 78.9253, 21.5926)
Luminance	0.7892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC5B #5B5DEE

analogous

#EEA35B #EEEC5B #A6EE5B

triadic

#EEEC5B #5BEEEC #EC5BEE

tetradic

#EEEC5B #5BEEA3 #5B5DEE #EE5BA6

square

#EEEC5B #5BEEA3 #5B5DEE #EE5BA6

split-complementary

#EEEC5B #5BA6EE #A35BEE

monochromatic

#BBB913 #E8E624 #EEEC5B #F4F292 #F9F9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEEC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#EEEC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC5B

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC5B	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)

#FEE349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.163 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f190',
    500: '#eeec5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec5b;
$custom-light: #f7f190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.184,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91836,
    "c": 0.16339,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC5B

secondary

#3335BA

accent

#0BDE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC5B

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

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