#EEEC5F#EEEC5F

#EEEC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.160 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC5F
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 95)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 60.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.23, -16.51, 66.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.23, 68.61, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(91.87% -0.0506 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(91.87% 0.16 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.3230, 78.9962, 22.5257)
Luminance	0.7899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC5F #5F61EE

analogous

#EEA55F #EEEC5F #A8EE5F

triadic

#EEEC5F #5FEEEC #EC5FEE

tetradic

#EEEC5F #5FEEA5 #5F61EE #EE5FA8

square

#EEEC5F #5FEEA5 #5F61EE #EE5FA8

split-complementary

#EEEC5F #5FA8EE #A55FEE

monochromatic

#BEBC14 #E8E528 #EEEC5F #F4F396 #FAF9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEEC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.80

#EEEC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC5F

16.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC5F	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)

#FEE34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.160 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f192',
    500: '#eeec5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec5f;
$custom-light: #f7f192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.161,
    "s": 80.791,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91872,
    "c": 0.16034,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC5F

secondary

#3436BD

accent

#0BDD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC5F

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

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