#EEE357#EEE357

#EEE357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.158 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE357
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.83, -12.58, 67.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.83, 68.47, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.94% -0.0404 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(89.94% 0.158 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.4517, 73.8058, 19.8659)
Luminance	0.7380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE357 #5762EE

analogous

#EE9757 #EEE357 #ADEE57

triadic

#EEE357 #57EEE3 #E357EE

tetradic

#EEE357 #57EE97 #5762EE #EE57AD

square

#EEE357 #57EE97 #5762EE #EE57AD

split-complementary

#EEE357 #57ADEE #9757EE

monochromatic

#B8AC13 #E8DA1F #EEE357 #F4EC8F #F9F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#EEE357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE357

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE357	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.158 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7eb8d',
    500: '#eee357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee357;
$custom-light: #f7eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.629,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89938,
    "c": 0.15776,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE357

secondary

#323CB7

accent

#17DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE357

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

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