#EEEC65#EEEC65

#EEEC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.156 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC65
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.28, -16.10, 64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.28, 66.12, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(91.93% -0.0489 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(91.93% 0.156 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.6063, 79.1095, 24.0178)
Luminance	0.7911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC65 #6567EE

analogous

#EEA865 #EEEC65 #ACEE65

triadic

#EEEC65 #65EEEC #EC65EE

tetradic

#EEEC65 #65EEA8 #6567EE #EE65AC

square

#EEEC65 #65EEA8 #6567EE #EE65AC

split-complementary

#EEEC65 #65ACEE #A865EE

monochromatic

#C3C116 #E8E52E #EEEC65 #F4F39C #FAFAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEEC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.82

#EEEC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC65

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC65	1.00	1.25	16.82	16.82
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.156 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f196',
    500: '#eeec65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec65;
$custom-light: #f6f196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91929,
    "c": 0.15554,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC65

secondary

#3638C1

accent

#0CDC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC65

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

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