#EEEC5D#EEEC5D

#EEEC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.162 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC5D
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 60.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.22, -16.63, 67.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.22, 69.42, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(91.85% -0.0512 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(91.85% 0.162 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.2333, 78.9603, 22.0530)
Luminance	0.7896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC5D #5D5FEE

analogous

#EEA35D #EEEC5D #A8EE5D

triadic

#EEEC5D #5DEEEC #EC5DEE

tetradic

#EEEC5D #5DEEA3 #5D5FEE #EE5DA8

square

#EEEC5D #5DEEA3 #5D5FEE #EE5DA8

split-complementary

#EEEC5D #5DA8EE #A35DEE

monochromatic

#BDBA14 #E8E626 #EEEC5D #F4F294 #FAF9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEEC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79

#EEEC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC5D

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC5D	1.00	1.25	16.79	16.79
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.162 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f191',
    500: '#eeec5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec5d;
$custom-light: #f7f191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.172,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91854,
    "c": 0.16187,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC5D

secondary

#3436BB

accent

#0BDD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC5D

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

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