#EEED66#EEED66

#EEED66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.156 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEED66
RGB	rgb(238, 237, 102)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 57.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.55, -16.52, 64.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.55, 66.10, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(92.15% -0.0499 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(92.15% 0.156 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.9443, 79.7067, 24.3736)
Luminance	0.7971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEED66 #6667EE

analogous

#EEA966 #EEED66 #ABEE66

triadic

#EEED66 #66EEED #ED66EE

tetradic

#EEED66 #66EEA9 #6667EE #EE66AB

square

#EEED66 #66EEA9 #6667EE #EE66AB

split-complementary

#EEED66 #66ABEE #A966EE

monochromatic

#C4C316 #E8E72F #EEED66 #F4F39D #FAFAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEED66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#EEED66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEED66

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEED66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEED66	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE96E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeed66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 237, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.156 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f296',
    500: '#eeed66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeed66;
$custom-light: #f6f296;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeed66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92147,
    "c": 0.15573,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEED66

secondary

#3738C2

accent

#0BDC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEED66

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

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