#EEE45B#EEE45B

#EEE45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.156 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE45B
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.12, -12.83, 65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.12, 67.22, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(90.18% -0.0406 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(90.18% 0.156 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.8939, 74.4215, 20.8420)
Luminance	0.7442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE45B #5B65EE

analogous

#EE9A5B #EEE45B #AFEE5B

triadic

#EEE45B #5BEEE4 #E45BEE

tetradic

#EEE45B #5BEE9A #5B65EE #EE5BAF

square

#EEE45B #5BEE9A #5B65EE #EE5BAF

split-complementary

#EEE45B #5BAFEE #9A5BEE

monochromatic

#BBB013 #E8DB24 #EEE45B #F4ED92 #F9F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EEE45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#EEE45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE45B

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE45B	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)

#F6DC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.156 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ec8f',
    500: '#eee45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee45b;
$custom-light: #f7ec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.918,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9018,
    "c": 0.15568,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE45B

secondary

#333CBA

accent

#16DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE45B

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

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