#EEEE79#EEEE79

#EEEE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.140 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEE79
RGB	rgb(238, 238, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.00, -15.53, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.00, 58.16, 105.49°)
OKLab	oklab(92.57% -0.0452 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(92.57% 0.14 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.2872, 80.7084, 30.0138)
Luminance	0.8071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEE79 #7979EE

analogous

#EEB379 #EEEE79 #B3EE79

triadic

#EEEE79 #79EEEE #EE79EE

tetradic

#EEEE79 #79EEB3 #7979EE #EE79B3

square

#EEEE79 #79EEB3 #7979EE #EE79B3

split-complementary

#EEEE79 #79B3EE #B379EE

monochromatic

#D2D21B #E7E743 #EEEE79 #F5F5AF #FCFCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.14

#EEEE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEE79

17.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEE79	1.00	1.23	17.14	17.14
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeee79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 238, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.140 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f3a2',
    500: '#eeee79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeee79;
$custom-light: #f6f3a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeee79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92565,
    "c": 0.13986,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEE79

secondary

#4444C7

accent

#0CDA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEE79

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

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