#EEEC85#EEEC85

#EEEC85 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.126 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC85
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 133)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 44.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.62, -13.46, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.62, 51.73, 105.08°)
OKLab	oklab(92.31% -0.0381 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(92.31% 0.126 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.4903, 79.8631, 33.9403)
Luminance	0.7986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC85 #8587EE

analogous

#EEB785 #EEEC85 #BCEE85

triadic

#EEEC85 #85EEEC #EC85EE

tetradic

#EEEC85 #85EEB7 #8587EE #EE85BC

square

#EEEC85 #85EEB7 #8587EE #EE85BC

split-complementary

#EEEC85 #85BCEE #B785EE

monochromatic

#DAD71E #E7E44F #EEEC85 #F5F4BB #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEC85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#EEEC85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC85

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC85	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE57C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE98A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.126 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2aa',
    500: '#eeec85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec85;
$custom-light: #f5f2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.857,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9231,
    "c": 0.12579,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC85

secondary

#4F51C9

accent

#12D80E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC85

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

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