#EEE359#EEE359

#EEE359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.156 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE359
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.85, -12.46, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.85, 67.67, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.0398 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.156 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.5345, 73.8389, 20.3022)
Luminance	0.7384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE359 #5964EE

analogous

#EE9859 #EEE359 #AFEE59

triadic

#EEE359 #59EEE3 #E359EE

tetradic

#EEE359 #59EE98 #5964EE #EE59AF

square

#EEE359 #59EE98 #5964EE #EE59AF

split-complementary

#EEE359 #59AFEE #9859EE

monochromatic

#BAAD13 #E8DA21 #EEE359 #F4EC91 #F9F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#EEE359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE359

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE359	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.156 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7eb8e',
    500: '#eee359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee359;
$custom-light: #f7eb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.57,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89956,
    "c": 0.15626,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE359

secondary

#333CB9

accent

#18DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE359

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

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