#EEE557#EEE557

#EEE557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.160 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE557
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.35, -13.57, 67.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.35, 69.20, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.35% -0.0432 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(90.35% 0.16 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.0019, 74.9061, 20.0493)
Luminance	0.7490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE557 #5760EE

analogous

#EE9957 #EEE557 #ABEE57

triadic

#EEE557 #57EEE5 #E557EE

tetradic

#EEE557 #57EE99 #5760EE #EE57AB

square

#EEE557 #57EE99 #5760EE #EE57AB

split-complementary

#EEE557 #57ABEE #9957EE

monochromatic

#B8AE13 #E8DC1F #EEE557 #F4EE8F #F9F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#EEE557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE557

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE557	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)

#F8DD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.160 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ec8d',
    500: '#eee557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee557;
$custom-light: #f7ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.424,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90351,
    "c": 0.15961,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE557

secondary

#323AB7

accent

#14DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE557

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

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