#EEE165#EEE165

#EEE165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.145 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE165
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 101)
HSL	hsl(54, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.43, -10.68, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.43, 61.88, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0334 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.145 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.5363, 72.9695, 22.9944)
Luminance	0.7297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE165 #6572EE

analogous

#EE9D65 #EEE165 #B6EE65

triadic

#EEE165 #65EEE1 #E165EE

tetradic

#EEE165 #65EE9D #6572EE #EE65B6

square

#EEE165 #65EE9D #6572EE #EE65B6

split-complementary

#EEE165 #65B6EE #9D65EE

monochromatic

#C3B316 #E8D62E #EEE165 #F4EC9C #FAF6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EEE165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#EEE165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE165

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE165	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)

#F3DA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.145 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea95',
    500: '#eee165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee165;
$custom-light: #f6ea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.307,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89661,
    "c": 0.1448,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE165

secondary

#3643C1

accent

#1DDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE165

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

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