#EEE555#EEE555

#EEE555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.161 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE555
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.33, -13.69, 68.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.33, 69.99, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(90.33% -0.0437 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(90.33% 0.161 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.9213, 74.8739, 19.6249)
Luminance	0.7487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE555 #555EEE

analogous

#EE9955 #EEE555 #AAEE55

triadic

#EEE555 #55EEE5 #E555EE

tetradic

#EEE555 #55EE99 #555EEE #EE55AA

square

#EEE555 #55EE99 #555EEE #EE55AA

split-complementary

#EEE555 #55AAEE #9955EE

monochromatic

#B6AD12 #E8DC1D #EEE555 #F4EE8D #F9F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#EEE555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE555

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE555	1.00	1.31	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.161 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ec8c',
    500: '#eee555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee555;
$custom-light: #f7ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90334,
    "c": 0.16106,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE555

secondary

#3139B6

accent

#14DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE555

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

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