#EEE160#EEE160

#EEE160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.149 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE160
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.39, -11.02, 63.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.39, 64.03, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.61% -0.0349 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(89.61% 0.149 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.2987, 72.8744, 21.7433)
Luminance	0.7287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE160 #606DEE

analogous

#EE9A60 #EEE160 #B4EE60

triadic

#EEE160 #60EEE1 #E160EE

tetradic

#EEE160 #60EE9A #606DEE #EE60B4

square

#EEE160 #60EE9A #606DEE #EE60B4

split-complementary

#EEE160 #60B4EE #9A60EE

monochromatic

#BFB014 #E8D729 #EEE160 #F4EB97 #FAF6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EEE160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#EEE160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE160

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE160	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.149 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea92',
    500: '#eee160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee160;
$custom-light: #f6ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.507,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8961,
    "c": 0.14895,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE160

secondary

#3541BD

accent

#1CDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE160

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

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