#EEE256#EEE256

#EEE256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.158 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE256
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.56, -12.15, 67.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.56, 68.52, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% -0.0392 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.158 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.1384, 73.2441, 19.5613)
Luminance	0.7324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE256 #5662EE

analogous

#EE9656 #EEE256 #AEEE56

triadic

#EEE256 #56EEE2 #E256EE

tetradic

#EEE256 #56EE96 #5662EE #EE56AE

square

#EEE256 #56EE96 #5662EE #EE56AE

split-complementary

#EEE256 #56AEEE #9656EE

monochromatic

#B7AA12 #E8D81E #EEE256 #F4EC8E #F9F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#EEE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE256

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE256	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.158 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea8c',
    500: '#eee256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee256;
$custom-light: #f7ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89724,
    "c": 0.15758,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE256

secondary

#323CB7

accent

#18DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE256

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

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