#EEEC88#EEEC88

#EEEC88 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.123 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC88
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 136)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 42.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.66, -13.17, 48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.66, 50.31, 105.17°)
OKLab	oklab(92.35% -0.037 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(92.35% 0.123 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.7006, 79.9472, 35.0475)
Luminance	0.7995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC88 #888AEE

analogous

#EEB988 #EEEC88 #BDEE88

triadic

#EEEC88 #88EEEC #EC88EE

tetradic

#EEEC88 #88EEB9 #888AEE #EE88BD

square

#EEEC88 #88EEB9 #888AEE #EE88BD

split-complementary

#EEEC88 #88BDEE #B988EE

monochromatic

#DCD81F #E6E352 #EEEC88 #F6F5BE #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEC88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.99

#EEEC88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC88

16.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC88	1.00	1.24	16.99	16.99
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE98D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.123 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2ac',
    500: '#eeec88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec88;
$custom-light: #f5f2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92352,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC88

secondary

#5154C9

accent

#12D70E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC88

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

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