#EEED69#EEED69
#EEED69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.153 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EEED69 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 237, 105) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 80%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 56%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 55.9%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(91.58, -16.31, 62.74) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(91.58, 64.82, 104.57°) |
| OKLab | oklab(92.18% -0.049 0.1452) |
| OKLCH | oklch(92.18% 0.153 108.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(68.0958, 79.7673, 25.1714) |
| Luminance | 0.7976 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 2.52
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 2.80
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 3.37
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 3.38
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 3.38
Light Yellow
#FFFE7A
ΔE00 3.53
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EEED69 #696AEE
analogous
#EEAB69 #EEED69 #ACEE69
triadic
#EEED69 #69EEED #ED69EE
tetradic
#EEED69 #69EEAB #696AEE #EE69AC
square
#EEED69 #69EEAB #696AEE #EE69AC
split-complementary
#EEED69 #69ACEE #AB69EE
monochromatic
#C6C516 #E8E632 #EEED69 #F4F4A0 #FAFAD7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.24
#EEED69 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.95
#EEED69 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EEED69
16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EEED69 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EEED69 | 1.00 | 1.24 | 16.95 | 16.95 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FEE45B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFE970
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FDE0D0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E7E7E7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eeed69; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 237, 105); /* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.153 108.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6f298',
500: '#eeed69',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eeed69; $custom-light: #f6f298; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eeed69",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 237,
"b": 105
},
"hsl": {
"h": 59.549,
"s": 79.641,
"l": 67.255
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.92177,
"c": 0.15321,
"h": 108.7
},
"luminance": 0.79765
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EEED69
secondary
#3839C4
accent
#0BDC0A
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF5
border
#D7D6CF
text
#17160E
muted
#85857F