#EEE35B#EEE35B

#EEE35B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.155 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE35B
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -12.34, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 66.85, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(89.97% -0.0392 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(89.97% 0.155 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.6196, 73.8729, 20.7505)
Luminance	0.7387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE35B #5B66EE

analogous

#EE9A5B #EEE35B #B0EE5B

triadic

#EEE35B #5BEEE3 #E35BEE

tetradic

#EEE35B #5BEE9A #5B66EE #EE5BB0

square

#EEE35B #5BEE9A #5B66EE #EE5BB0

split-complementary

#EEE35B #5BB0EE #9A5BEE

monochromatic

#BBAF13 #E8DA24 #EEE35B #F4EC92 #F9F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#EEE35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE35B

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE35B	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)

#F5DC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.155 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7eb8f',
    500: '#eee35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee35b;
$custom-light: #f7eb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.51,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89974,
    "c": 0.15475,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE35B

secondary

#333DBA

accent

#18DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE35B

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

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