#EEED60#EEED60

#EEED60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.161 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEED60
RGB	rgb(238, 237, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.50, -16.93, 66.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.50, 68.60, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(92.09% -0.0517 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(92.09% 0.161 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.6575, 79.5919, 22.8629)
Luminance	0.7959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEED60 #6061EE

analogous

#EEA660 #EEED60 #A8EE60

triadic

#EEED60 #60EEED #ED60EE

tetradic

#EEED60 #60EEA6 #6061EE #EE60A8

square

#EEED60 #60EEA6 #6061EE #EE60A8

split-complementary

#EEED60 #60A8EE #A660EE

monochromatic

#BFBE14 #E8E729 #EEED60 #F4F397 #FAFACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEED60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.92

#EEED60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEED60

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEED60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEED60	1.00	1.24	16.92	16.92
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeed60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 237, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.161 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f293',
    500: '#eeed60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeed60;
$custom-light: #f7f293;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeed60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.577,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92089,
    "c": 0.16056,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEED60

secondary

#3536BD

accent

#0ADD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEED60

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

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