#EEEC8D#EEEC8D

#EEEC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.117 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC8D
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 141)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 40.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.73, -12.67, 46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.73, 47.92, 105.33°)
OKLab	oklab(92.43% -0.0352 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(92.43% 0.117 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.0642, 80.0927, 36.9627)
Luminance	0.8009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC8D #8D8FEE

analogous

#EEBC8D #EEEC8D #C0EE8D

triadic

#EEEC8D #8DEEEC #EC8DEE

tetradic

#EEEC8D #8DEEBC #8D8FEE #EE8DC0

square

#EEEC8D #8DEEBC #8D8FEE #EE8DC0

split-complementary

#EEEC8D #8DC0EE #BC8DEE

monochromatic

#DEDA22 #E6E358 #EEEC8D #F6F5C2 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.02

#EEEC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC8D

17.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC8D	1.00	1.23	17.02	17.02
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.117 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2b0',
    500: '#eeec8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec8d;
$custom-light: #f5f2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.763,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92425,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC8D

secondary

#5658C9

accent

#13D60F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC8D

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

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