#EEEC8A#EEEC8A

#EEEC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.121 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC8A
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 42%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.69, -12.97, 47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.69, 49.36, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(92.38% -0.0363 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(92.38% 0.121 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.8440, 80.0046, 35.8030)
Luminance	0.8000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC8A #8A8CEE

analogous

#EEBA8A #EEEC8A #BEEE8A

triadic

#EEEC8A #8AEEEC #EC8AEE

tetradic

#EEEC8A #8AEEBA #8A8CEE #EE8ABE

square

#EEEC8A #8AEEBA #8A8CEE #EE8ABE

split-complementary

#EEEC8A #8ABEEE #BA8AEE

monochromatic

#DDDA20 #E6E355 #EEEC8A #F6F5BF #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.00

#EEEC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC8A

17.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC8A	1.00	1.24	17.00	17.00
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE98E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.121 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2ae',
    500: '#eeec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec8a;
$custom-light: #f5f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92381,
    "c": 0.12058,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC8A

secondary

#5355C9

accent

#13D70F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC8A

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

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