#EEEC77#EEEC77

#EEEC77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.140 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC77
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 119)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 50%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.46, -14.72, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.46, 58.22, 104.64°)
OKLab	oklab(92.13% -0.0431 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(92.13% 0.14 108)
XYZ	xyz(68.5868, 79.5017, 29.1816)
Luminance	0.7950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC77 #7779EE

analogous

#EEB177 #EEEC77 #B4EE77

triadic

#EEEC77 #77EEEC #EC77EE

tetradic

#EEEC77 #77EEB1 #7779EE #EE77B4

square

#EEEC77 #77EEB1 #7779EE #EE77B4

split-complementary

#EEEC77 #77B4EE #B177EE

monochromatic

#D1CD1A #E7E441 #EEEC77 #F5F4AD #FCFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEC77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#EEEC77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC77

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC77	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE46C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.140 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f2a1',
    500: '#eeec77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec77;
$custom-light: #f6f2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92128,
    "c": 0.13961,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC77

secondary

#4244C7

accent

#0FDA0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC77

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

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