#EEE259#EEE259

#EEE259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.155 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE259
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -11.97, 66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 67.31, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.75% -0.0384 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(89.75% 0.155 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.2618, 73.2935, 20.2113)
Luminance	0.7329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE259 #5965EE

analogous

#EE9859 #EEE259 #B0EE59

triadic

#EEE259 #59EEE2 #E259EE

tetradic

#EEE259 #59EE98 #5965EE #EE59B0

square

#EEE259 #59EE98 #5965EE #EE59B0

split-complementary

#EEE259 #59B0EE #9859EE

monochromatic

#BAAC13 #E8D821 #EEE259 #F4EC91 #F9F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#EEE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE259

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE259	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.155 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea8e',
    500: '#eee259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee259;
$custom-light: #f7ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.168,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8975,
    "c": 0.15535,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE259

secondary

#333DB9

accent

#19DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE259

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

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