#EEE156#EEE156

#EEE156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.157 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE156
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.31, -11.65, 67.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.31, 68.16, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(89.52% -0.0378 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(89.52% 0.157 104)
XYZ	xyz(63.8673, 72.7019, 19.4709)
Luminance	0.7270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE156 #5663EE

analogous

#EE9556 #EEE156 #AFEE56

triadic

#EEE156 #56EEE1 #E156EE

tetradic

#EEE156 #56EE95 #5663EE #EE56AF

square

#EEE156 #56EE95 #5663EE #EE56AF

split-complementary

#EEE156 #56AFEE #9556EE

monochromatic

#B7A912 #E8D71E #EEE156 #F4EB8E #F9F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EEE156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#EEE156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE156

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE156	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.157 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea8c',
    500: '#eee156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee156;
$custom-light: #f7ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.868,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89518,
    "c": 0.15668,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.72699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE156

secondary

#323DB7

accent

#1ADE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE156

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

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