#EEE163#EEE163

#EEE163 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.146 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE163
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 99)
HSL	hsl(54, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 58.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -10.82, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 62.75, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% -0.034 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.146 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.4395, 72.9307, 22.4846)
Luminance	0.7293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE163 #6370EE

analogous

#EE9B63 #EEE163 #B6EE63

triadic

#EEE163 #63EEE1 #E163EE

tetradic

#EEE163 #63EE9B #6370EE #EE63B6

square

#EEE163 #63EE9B #6370EE #EE63B6

split-complementary

#EEE163 #63B6EE #9B63EE

monochromatic

#C2B115 #E8D62C #EEE163 #F4EC9A #FAF6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EEE163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#EEE163 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE163

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE163	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.146 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea94',
    500: '#eee163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee163;
$custom-light: #f6ea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.388,
    "s": 80.347,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8964,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE163

secondary

#3643C0

accent

#1DDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE163

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

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