#EEE55C#EEE55C

#EEE55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.156 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE55C
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 92)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 61.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.39, -13.26, 65.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.39, 67.18, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(90.4% -0.0418 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(90.4% 0.156 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.2133, 74.9907, 21.1626)
Luminance	0.7499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE55C #5C65EE

analogous

#EE9C5C #EEE55C #AEEE5C

triadic

#EEE55C #5CEEE5 #E55CEE

tetradic

#EEE55C #5CEE9C #5C65EE #EE5CAE

square

#EEE55C #5CEE9C #5C65EE #EE5CAE

split-complementary

#EEE55C #5CAEEE #9C5CEE

monochromatic

#BCB214 #E8DC25 #EEE55C #F4EE93 #FAF7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#EEE55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE55C

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE55C	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.156 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ec90',
    500: '#eee55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee55c;
$custom-light: #f7ec90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.301,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90395,
    "c": 0.15584,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE55C

secondary

#333CBB

accent

#15DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE55C

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

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