#EEE55E#EEE55E

#EEE55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.154 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE55E
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.41, -13.14, 65.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.41, 66.35, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(90.41% -0.0412 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(90.41% 0.154 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.3018, 75.0261, 21.6292)
Luminance	0.7502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE55E #5E67EE

analogous

#EE9D5E #EEE55E #AFEE5E

triadic

#EEE55E #5EEEE5 #E55EEE

tetradic

#EEE55E #5EEE9D #5E67EE #EE5EAF

square

#EEE55E #5EEE9D #5E67EE #EE5EAF

split-complementary

#EEE55E #5EAFEE #9D5EEE

monochromatic

#BEB314 #E8DC27 #EEE55E #F4EE95 #FAF7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#EEE55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE55E

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE55E	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)

#F7DD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.154 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ed91',
    500: '#eee55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee55e;
$custom-light: #f7ed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90414,
    "c": 0.15429,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE55E

secondary

#343DBC

accent

#16DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE55E

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

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