#EEE258#EEE258

#EEE258 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.156 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE258
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 88)
HSL	hsl(55, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 63%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.58, -12.03, 66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.58, 67.71, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0387 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.156 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.2201, 73.2768, 19.9916)
Luminance	0.7327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE258 #5864EE

analogous

#EE9758 #EEE258 #AFEE58

triadic

#EEE258 #58EEE2 #E258EE

tetradic

#EEE258 #58EE97 #5864EE #EE58AF

square

#EEE258 #58EE97 #5864EE #EE58AF

split-complementary

#EEE258 #58AFEE #9758EE

monochromatic

#B9AC13 #E8D820 #EEE258 #F4EC90 #F9F5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#EEE258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE258

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE258	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)

#F5DB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.156 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea8d',
    500: '#eee258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee258;
$custom-light: #f7ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 81.522,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89741,
    "c": 0.15611,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE258

secondary

#323DB8

accent

#19DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE258

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

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