#EEEC5E#EEEC5E

#EEEC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.161 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC5E
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.22, -16.57, 67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.22, 69.02, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(91.86% -0.0509 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(91.86% 0.161 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.2778, 78.9781, 22.2878)
Luminance	0.7898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC5E #5E60EE

analogous

#EEA45E #EEEC5E #A8EE5E

triadic

#EEEC5E #5EEEEC #EC5EEE

tetradic

#EEEC5E #5EEEA4 #5E60EE #EE5EA8

square

#EEEC5E #5EEEA4 #5E60EE #EE5EA8

split-complementary

#EEEC5E #5EA8EE #A45EEE

monochromatic

#BEBB14 #E8E527 #EEEC5E #F4F395 #FAF9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEEC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.80

#EEEC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC5E

16.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC5E	1.00	1.25	16.80	16.80
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.161 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f191',
    500: '#eeec5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec5e;
$custom-light: #f7f191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91863,
    "c": 0.16111,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC5E

secondary

#3436BC

accent

#0BDD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC5E

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

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