#EEEC69#EEEC69
#EEEC69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.152 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EEEC69 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 236, 105) |
| HSL | hsl(59, 80%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(59, 56%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 55.9%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(91.32, -15.82, 62.44) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(91.32, 64.42, 104.22°) |
| OKLab | oklab(91.97% -0.0476 0.1445) |
| OKLCH | oklch(91.97% 0.152 108.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(67.8071, 79.1898, 25.0752) |
| Luminance | 0.7919 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 2.55
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 2.65
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 3.36
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 3.53
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 3.54
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 3.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EEEC69 #696BEE
analogous
#EEAA69 #EEEC69 #ADEE69
triadic
#EEEC69 #69EEEC #EC69EE
tetradic
#EEEC69 #69EEAA #696BEE #EE69AD
square
#EEEC69 #69EEAA #696BEE #EE69AD
split-complementary
#EEEC69 #69ADEE #AA69EE
monochromatic
#C6C416 #E8E532 #EEEC69 #F4F3A0 #FAFAD7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.25
#EEEC69 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.84
#EEEC69 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EEEC69
16.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EEEC69 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EEEC69 | 1.00 | 1.25 | 16.84 | 16.84 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.25 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FDE35B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFE870
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FDDFCF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E6E6E6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eeec69; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 105); /* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.152 108.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6f198',
500: '#eeec69',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eeec69; $custom-light: #f6f198; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eeec69",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 236,
"b": 105
},
"hsl": {
"h": 59.098,
"s": 79.641,
"l": 67.255
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.9197,
"c": 0.15219,
"h": 108.2
},
"luminance": 0.79188
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EEEC69
secondary
#383AC4
accent
#0DDC0A
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF5
border
#D7D6CF
text
#17160E
muted
#85857F