#EEEC72#EEEC72

#EEEC72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.144 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC72
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.41, -15.13, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.41, 60.47, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(92.07% -0.0447 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(92.07% 0.144 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.2944, 79.3848, 27.6416)
Luminance	0.7938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC72 #7274EE

analogous

#EEAE72 #EEEC72 #B2EE72

triadic

#EEEC72 #72EEEC #EC72EE

tetradic

#EEEC72 #72EEAE #7274EE #EE72B2

square

#EEEC72 #72EEAE #7274EE #EE72B2

split-complementary

#EEEC72 #72B2EE #AE72EE

monochromatic

#CDCA19 #E7E53B #EEEC72 #F5F3A9 #FBFBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#EEEC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC72

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC72	1.00	1.24	16.88	16.88
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.144 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f29e',
    500: '#eeec72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec72;
$custom-light: #f6f29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92069,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC72

secondary

#3D40C7

accent

#0EDB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC72

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

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