#EEE35D#EEE35D

#EEE35D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.153 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE35D
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 60.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.88, -12.21, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.88, 66.03, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(89.99% -0.0387 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(89.99% 0.153 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.7071, 73.9079, 21.2110)
Luminance	0.7391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE35D #5D68EE

analogous

#EE9A5D #EEE35D #B1EE5D

triadic

#EEE35D #5DEEE3 #E35DEE

tetradic

#EEE35D #5DEE9A #5D68EE #EE5DB1

square

#EEE35D #5DEE9A #5D68EE #EE5DB1

split-complementary

#EEE35D #5DB1EE #9A5DEE

monochromatic

#BDB014 #E8D926 #EEE35D #F4ED94 #FAF6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE35D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#EEE35D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE35D

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE35D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE35D	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee35d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.153 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7eb90',
    500: '#eee35d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee35d;
$custom-light: #f7eb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee35d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.448,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89992,
    "c": 0.15319,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE35D

secondary

#343EBB

accent

#18DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE35D

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

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