#EEEC66#EEEC66

#EEEC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.155 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC66
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 102)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 57.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.29, -16.03, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.29, 65.70, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(91.94% -0.0486 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(91.94% 0.155 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.6556, 79.1292, 24.2774)
Luminance	0.7913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC66 #6668EE

analogous

#EEA866 #EEEC66 #ACEE66

triadic

#EEEC66 #66EEEC #EC66EE

tetradic

#EEEC66 #66EEA8 #6668EE #EE66AC

square

#EEEC66 #66EEA8 #6668EE #EE66AC

split-complementary

#EEEC66 #66ACEE #A866EE

monochromatic

#C4C116 #E8E52F #EEEC66 #F4F39D #FAFAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEEC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#EEEC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC66

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC66	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.155 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f196',
    500: '#eeec66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec66;
$custom-light: #f6f196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91939,
    "c": 0.15471,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC66

secondary

#3739C2

accent

#0CDC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC66

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

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