#EEEE60#EEEE60

#EEEE60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.162 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEE60
RGB	rgb(238, 238, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.76, -17.42, 66.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.76, 68.99, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(92.3% -0.0531 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(92.3% 0.162 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.9478, 80.1726, 22.9596)
Luminance	0.8017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEE60 #6060EE

analogous

#EEA760 #EEEE60 #A7EE60

triadic

#EEEE60 #60EEEE #EE60EE

tetradic

#EEEE60 #60EEA7 #6060EE #EE60A7

square

#EEEE60 #60EEA7 #6060EE #EE60A7

split-complementary

#EEEE60 #60A7EE #A760EE

monochromatic

#BFBF14 #E8E829 #EEEE60 #F4F497 #FAFACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.03

#EEEE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEE60

17.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEE60	1.00	1.23	17.03	17.03
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEE0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeee60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 238, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.162 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f393',
    500: '#eeee60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeee60;
$custom-light: #f7f393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeee60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92297,
    "c": 0.16157,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.80171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEE60

secondary

#3535BD

accent

#08DD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEE60

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

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