#EEE55A#EEE55A

#EEE55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.157 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE55A
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 62.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.37, -13.39, 66.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.37, 67.99, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(90.38% -0.0423 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(90.38% 0.157 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.1270, 74.9562, 20.7083)
Luminance	0.7495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE55A #5A63EE

analogous

#EE9B5A #EEE55A #ADEE5A

triadic

#EEE55A #5AEEE5 #E55AEE

tetradic

#EEE55A #5AEE9B #5A63EE #EE5AAD

square

#EEE55A #5AEE9B #5A63EE #EE5AAD

split-complementary

#EEE55A #5AADEE #9B5AEE

monochromatic

#BAB013 #E8DC23 #EEE55A #F4EE91 #F9F6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#EEE55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE55A

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE55A	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.157 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ec8f',
    500: '#eee55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee55a;
$custom-light: #f7ec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.351,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90377,
    "c": 0.15737,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE55A

secondary

#333BB9

accent

#15DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE55A

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

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