#EEE556#EEE556

#EEE556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.160 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE556
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.34, -13.63, 68.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.34, 69.59, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.34% -0.0434 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(90.34% 0.16 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.9613, 74.8899, 19.8356)
Luminance	0.7489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE556 #565FEE

analogous

#EE9956 #EEE556 #ABEE56

triadic

#EEE556 #56EEE5 #E556EE

tetradic

#EEE556 #56EE99 #565FEE #EE56AB

square

#EEE556 #56EE99 #565FEE #EE56AB

split-complementary

#EEE556 #56ABEE #9956EE

monochromatic

#B7AD12 #E8DC1E #EEE556 #F4EE8E #F9F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#EEE556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE556

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE556	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.160 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ec8c',
    500: '#eee556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee556;
$custom-light: #f7ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.447,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90343,
    "c": 0.16034,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE556

secondary

#323AB7

accent

#14DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE556

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

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