#EEE161#EEE161

#EEE161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.148 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE161
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.40, -10.95, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.40, 63.61, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.62% -0.0346 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(89.62% 0.148 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.3451, 72.8930, 21.9873)
Luminance	0.7289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE161 #616EEE

analogous

#EE9A61 #EEE161 #B4EE61

triadic

#EEE161 #61EEE1 #E161EE

tetradic

#EEE161 #61EE9A #616EEE #EE61B4

square

#EEE161 #61EE9A #616EEE #EE61B4

split-complementary

#EEE161 #61B4EE #9A61EE

monochromatic

#C0B015 #E8D72A #EEE161 #F4EB98 #FAF6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EEE161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#EEE161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE161

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE161	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.148 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea92',
    500: '#eee161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee161;
$custom-light: #f6ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.468,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8962,
    "c": 0.14813,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE161

secondary

#3542BE

accent

#1CDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE161

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

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