#EEEC8B#EEEC8B

#EEEC8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.120 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC8B
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 139)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 41.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.70, -12.87, 47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.70, 48.88, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(92.4% -0.0359 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(92.4% 0.12 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.9168, 80.0337, 36.1861)
Luminance	0.8003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC8B #8B8DEE

analogous

#EEBB8B #EEEC8B #BFEE8B

triadic

#EEEC8B #8BEEEC #EC8BEE

tetradic

#EEEC8B #8BEEBB #8B8DEE #EE8BBF

square

#EEEC8B #8BEEBB #8B8DEE #EE8BBF

split-complementary

#EEEC8B #8BBFEE #BB8BEE

monochromatic

#DEDA21 #E6E356 #EEEC8B #F6F5C0 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.01

#EEEC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC8B

17.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC8B	1.00	1.23	17.01	17.01
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.120 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2ae',
    500: '#eeec8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec8b;
$custom-light: #f5f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.788,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92395,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC8B

secondary

#5456C9

accent

#13D70F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC8B

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

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