#EEE15B#EEE15B

#EEE15B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.153 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE15B
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.35, -11.35, 65.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.35, 66.13, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(89.56% -0.0364 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(89.56% 0.153 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.0758, 72.7853, 20.5693)
Luminance	0.7278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE15B #5B68EE

analogous

#EE985B #EEE15B #B2EE5B

triadic

#EEE15B #5BEEE1 #E15BEE

tetradic

#EEE15B #5BEE98 #5B68EE #EE5BB2

square

#EEE15B #5BEE98 #5B68EE #EE5BB2

split-complementary

#EEE15B #5BB2EE #985BEE

monochromatic

#BBAC13 #E8D724 #EEE15B #F4EB92 #F9F5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EEE15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#EEE15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE15B

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE15B	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.153 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea8f',
    500: '#eee15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee15b;
$custom-light: #f7ea8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.694,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89563,
    "c": 0.15291,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE15B

secondary

#333FBA

accent

#1BDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE15B

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

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