#EEE45D#EEE45D

#EEE45D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.154 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE45D
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 60.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.14, -12.71, 65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.14, 66.39, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(90.2% -0.0401 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(90.2% 0.154 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.9814, 74.4565, 21.3024)
Luminance	0.7445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE45D #5D67EE

analogous

#EE9B5D #EEE45D #B0EE5D

triadic

#EEE45D #5DEEE4 #E45DEE

tetradic

#EEE45D #5DEE9B #5D67EE #EE5DB0

square

#EEE45D #5DEE9B #5D67EE #EE5DB0

split-complementary

#EEE45D #5DB0EE #9B5DEE

monochromatic

#BDB114 #E8DB26 #EEE45D #F4ED94 #FAF6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EEE45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#EEE45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE45D

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE45D	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.154 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ec90',
    500: '#eee45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee45d;
$custom-light: #f7ec90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90198,
    "c": 0.15413,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE45D

secondary

#343DBB

accent

#17DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE45D

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

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