#EEEC96#EEEC96

#EEEC96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.108 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC96
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 150)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.85, -11.71, 41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.85, 43.56, 105.60°)
OKLab	oklab(92.57% -0.0318 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(92.57% 0.108 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.7613, 80.3715, 40.6339)
Luminance	0.8037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC96 #9698EE

analogous

#EEC096 #EEEC96 #C4EE96

triadic

#EEEC96 #96EEEC #EC96EE

tetradic

#EEEC96 #96EEC0 #9698EE #EE96C4

square

#EEEC96 #96EEC0 #9698EE #EE96C4

split-complementary

#EEEC96 #96C4EE #C096EE

monochromatic

#DDD92D #E5E261 #EEEC96 #F7F6CB #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.07

#EEEC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC96

17.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC96	1.00	1.23	17.07	17.07
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.108 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2b6',
    500: '#eeec96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec96;
$custom-light: #f5f2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92565,
    "c": 0.10756,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.8037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC96

secondary

#5E61CA

accent

#16D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC96

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

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