#EEEC8E#EEEC8E

#EEEC8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.116 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC8E
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 142)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 40.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.74, -12.56, 45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.74, 47.44, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(92.44% -0.0348 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(92.44% 0.116 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.1390, 80.1226, 37.3564)
Luminance	0.8012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC8E #8E90EE

analogous

#EEBC8E #EEEC8E #C0EE8E

triadic

#EEEC8E #8EEEEC #EC8EEE

tetradic

#EEEC8E #8EEEBC #8E90EE #EE8EC0

square

#EEEC8E #8EEEBC #8E90EE #EE8EC0

split-complementary

#EEEC8E #8EC0EE #BC8EEE

monochromatic

#DEDA24 #E6E359 #EEEC8E #F6F5C3 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.02

#EEEC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC8E

17.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC8E	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)

#FAE587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.116 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2b0',
    500: '#eeec8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec8e;
$custom-light: #f5f2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9244,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC8E

secondary

#5759C9

accent

#14D610

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC8E

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

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