#EEEC74#EEEC74

#EEEC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.142 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC74
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 116)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 51.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.43, -14.97, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.43, 59.58, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(92.09% -0.0441 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(92.09% 0.142 108)
XYZ	xyz(68.4095, 79.4308, 28.2477)
Luminance	0.7943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC74 #7476EE

analogous

#EEAF74 #EEEC74 #B3EE74

triadic

#EEEC74 #74EEEC #EC74EE

tetradic

#EEEC74 #74EEAF #7476EE #EE74B3

square

#EEEC74 #74EEAF #7476EE #EE74B3

split-complementary

#EEEC74 #74B3EE #AF74EE

monochromatic

#CECB19 #E7E53D #EEEC74 #F5F3AB #FBFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.89

#EEEC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC74

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC74	1.00	1.24	16.89	16.89
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE97A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.142 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f29f',
    500: '#eeec74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec74;
$custom-light: #f6f29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92092,
    "c": 0.14241,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.79429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC74

secondary

#3F41C7

accent

#0EDA0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC74

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

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