#EEE159#EEE159

#EEE159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.154 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE159
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -11.47, 65.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 66.95, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.037 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.154 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.9907, 72.7512, 20.1209)
Luminance	0.7275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE159 #5966EE

analogous

#EE9759 #EEE159 #B1EE59

triadic

#EEE159 #59EEE1 #E159EE

tetradic

#EEE159 #59EE97 #5966EE #EE59B1

square

#EEE159 #59EE97 #5966EE #EE59B1

split-complementary

#EEE159 #59B1EE #9759EE

monochromatic

#BAAB13 #E8D721 #EEE159 #F4EB91 #F9F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EEE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#EEE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE159

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE159	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.154 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea8e',
    500: '#eee159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee159;
$custom-light: #f7ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.765,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89544,
    "c": 0.15444,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE159

secondary

#333EB9

accent

#1ADE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE159

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

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