#EEE059#EEE059

#EEE059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.154 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE059
RGB	rgb(238, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.07, -10.97, 65.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.07, 66.59, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.0356 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.154 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.7211, 72.2121, 20.0311)
Luminance	0.7221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE059 #5967EE

analogous

#EE9559 #EEE059 #B2EE59

triadic

#EEE059 #59EEE0 #E059EE

tetradic

#EEE059 #59EE95 #5967EE #EE59B2

square

#EEE059 #59EE95 #5967EE #EE59B2

split-complementary

#EEE059 #59B2EE #9559EE

monochromatic

#BAAA13 #E8D621 #EEE059 #F4EA91 #F9F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EEE059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#EEE059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE059

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE059	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.154 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e98e',
    500: '#eee059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee059;
$custom-light: #f7e98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.362,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89339,
    "c": 0.15354,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE059

secondary

#333FB9

accent

#1CDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE059

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

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