#EEE157#EEE157

#EEE157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.156 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE157
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.31, -11.59, 66.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.31, 67.76, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(89.53% -0.0375 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(89.53% 0.156 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.9078, 72.7181, 19.6846)
Luminance	0.7272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE157 #5764EE

analogous

#EE9557 #EEE157 #B0EE57

triadic

#EEE157 #57EEE1 #E157EE

tetradic

#EEE157 #57EE95 #5764EE #EE57B0

square

#EEE157 #57EE95 #5764EE #EE57B0

split-complementary

#EEE157 #57B0EE #9557EE

monochromatic

#B8AA13 #E8D71F #EEE157 #F4EB8F #F9F5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EEE157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#EEE157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE157

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE157	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)

#F4DA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.156 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea8c',
    500: '#eee157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee157;
$custom-light: #f7ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.834,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89527,
    "c": 0.15595,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE157

secondary

#323DB7

accent

#1ADE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE157

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

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