#EEE257#EEE257

#EEE257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.157 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE257
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.57, -12.09, 67.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.57, 68.12, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(89.73% -0.0389 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(89.73% 0.157 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.1790, 73.2603, 19.7750)
Luminance	0.7326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE257 #5763EE

analogous

#EE9657 #EEE257 #AEEE57

triadic

#EEE257 #57EEE2 #E257EE

tetradic

#EEE257 #57EE96 #5763EE #EE57AE

square

#EEE257 #57EE96 #5763EE #EE57AE

split-complementary

#EEE257 #57AEEE #9657EE

monochromatic

#B8AB13 #E8D81F #EEE257 #F4EC8F #F9F5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#EEE257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE257

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE257	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)

#F5DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.157 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea8d',
    500: '#eee257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee257;
$custom-light: #f7ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.232,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89732,
    "c": 0.15684,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE257

secondary

#323DB7

accent

#19DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE257

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

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