#EEE55B#EEE55B
#EEE55B 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 | #EEE55B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 229, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 81%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 62%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 61.8%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.38, -13.33, 66.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.38, 67.59, 101.37°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.39% -0.042 0.1509) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.39% 0.157 105.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(65.1698, 74.9733, 20.9339) |
| Luminance | 0.7497 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 2.19
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.88
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 3.11
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.01
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.60
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.82
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EEE55B #5B64EE
analogous
#EE9C5B #EEE55B #ADEE5B
triadic
#EEE55B #5BEEE5 #E55BEE
tetradic
#EEE55B #5BEE9C #5B64EE #EE5BAD
square
#EEE55B #5BEE9C #5B64EE #EE5BAD
split-complementary
#EEE55B #5BADEE #9C5BEE
monochromatic
#BBB113 #E8DC24 #EEE55B #F4EE92 #F9F7CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.31
#EEE55B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.99
#EEE55B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EEE55B
15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EEE55B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EEE55B | 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)
#F7DD4A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FBE363
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FED7C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E1E1E1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eee55b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.157 105.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7ec8f',
500: '#eee55b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eee55b; $custom-light: #f7ec8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eee55b",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 229,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.327,
"s": 81.215,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90386,
"c": 0.15661,
"h": 105.6
},
"luminance": 0.74971
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EEE55B
secondary
#333BBA
accent
#15DE08
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18160D
muted
#86847F