#EEEC97#EEEC97

#EEEC97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.106 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC97
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 151)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 36.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.87, -11.60, 41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.87, 43.07, 105.63°)
OKLab	oklab(92.58% -0.0314 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(92.58% 0.106 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.8421, 80.4039, 41.0598)
Luminance	0.8040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC97 #9799EE

analogous

#EEC197 #EEEC97 #C5EE97

triadic

#EEEC97 #97EEEC #EC97EE

tetradic

#EEEC97 #97EEC1 #9799EE #EE97C5

square

#EEEC97 #97EEC1 #9799EE #EE97C5

split-complementary

#EEEC97 #97C5EE #C197EE

monochromatic

#DDD92E #E5E262 #EEEC97 #F7F6CC #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.08

#EEEC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC97

17.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC97	1.00	1.23	17.08	17.08
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.106 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2b6',
    500: '#eeec97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec97;
$custom-light: #f5f2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.621,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92581,
    "c": 0.10644,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC97

secondary

#5F62CA

accent

#16D412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC97

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

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