#EEE459#EEE459

#EEE459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.157 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE459
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.11, -12.96, 66.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.11, 68.03, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(90.16% -0.0412 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(90.16% 0.157 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.8088, 74.3875, 20.3936)
Luminance	0.7439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE459 #5963EE

analogous

#EE9A59 #EEE459 #AEEE59

triadic

#EEE459 #59EEE4 #E459EE

tetradic

#EEE459 #59EE9A #5963EE #EE59AE

square

#EEE459 #59EE9A #5963EE #EE59AE

split-complementary

#EEE459 #59AEEE #9A59EE

monochromatic

#BAAE13 #E8DB21 #EEE459 #F4ED91 #F9F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EEE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#EEE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE459

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE459	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.157 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ec8e',
    500: '#eee459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee459;
$custom-light: #f7ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.973,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90162,
    "c": 0.1572,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE459

secondary

#333CB9

accent

#16DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE459

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

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