#EEEC78#EEEC78

#EEEC78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.139 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC78
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 49.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.47, -14.63, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.47, 57.77, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(92.14% -0.0427 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(92.14% 0.139 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.6472, 79.5259, 29.4995)
Luminance	0.7952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC78 #787AEE

analogous

#EEB178 #EEEC78 #B5EE78

triadic

#EEEC78 #78EEEC #EC78EE

tetradic

#EEEC78 #78EEB1 #787AEE #EE78B5

square

#EEEC78 #78EEB1 #787AEE #EE78B5

split-complementary

#EEEC78 #78B5EE #B178EE

monochromatic

#D1CE1A #E7E442 #EEEC78 #F5F4AE #FCFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#EEEC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC78

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC78	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)

#FCE46D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.139 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f2a2',
    500: '#eeec78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec78;
$custom-light: #f6f2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9214,
    "c": 0.13866,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC78

secondary

#4345C7

accent

#0FDA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC78

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

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