#EEEC79#EEEC79

#EEEC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.138 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC79
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.48, -14.55, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.48, 57.31, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(92.15% -0.0424 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(92.15% 0.138 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.7082, 79.5503, 29.8208)
Luminance	0.7955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC79 #797BEE

analogous

#EEB179 #EEEC79 #B6EE79

triadic

#EEEC79 #79EEEC #EC79EE

tetradic

#EEEC79 #79EEB1 #797BEE #EE79B6

square

#EEEC79 #79EEB1 #797BEE #EE79B6

split-complementary

#EEEC79 #79B6EE #B179EE

monochromatic

#D2CF1B #E7E443 #EEEC79 #F5F4AF #FCFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.91

#EEEC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC79

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC79	1.00	1.24	16.91	16.91
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE46F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE97F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.138 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f2a2',
    500: '#eeec79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec79;
$custom-light: #f6f2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.974,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92152,
    "c": 0.1377,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC79

secondary

#4446C7

accent

#0FDA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC79

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

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