#EEEC81#EEEC81

#EEEC81 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.130 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC81
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 129)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(59, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 45.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.57, -13.84, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.57, 53.61, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(92.26% -0.0396 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(92.26% 0.13 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.2192, 79.7547, 32.5125)
Luminance	0.7975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC81 #8183EE

analogous

#EEB681 #EEEC81 #BAEE81

triadic

#EEEC81 #81EEEC #EC81EE

tetradic

#EEEC81 #81EEB6 #8183EE #EE81BA

square

#EEEC81 #81EEB6 #8183EE #EE81BA

split-complementary

#EEEC81 #81BAEE #B681EE

monochromatic

#D8D41D #E7E44B #EEEC81 #F5F4B7 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEC81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#EEEC81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC81

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC81	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.130 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2a8',
    500: '#eeec81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec81;
$custom-light: #f5f2a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.899,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92255,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC81

secondary

#4B4DC8

accent

#11D80D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC81

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

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