#EEE55F#EEE55F

#EEE55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.153 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE55F
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 95)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 60.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.41, -13.07, 64.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.41, 65.93, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.42% -0.0409 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(90.42% 0.154 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.3470, 75.0442, 21.8670)
Luminance	0.7504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE55F #5F68EE

analogous

#EE9E5F #EEE55F #AFEE5F

triadic

#EEE55F #5FEEE5 #E55FEE

tetradic

#EEE55F #5FEE9E #5F68EE #EE5FAF

square

#EEE55F #5FEE9E #5F68EE #EE5FAF

split-complementary

#EEE55F #5FAFEE #9E5FEE

monochromatic

#BEB414 #E8DC28 #EEE55F #F4EE96 #FAF7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#EEE55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE55F

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE55F	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.153 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ed92',
    500: '#eee55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee55f;
$custom-light: #f7ed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.224,
    "s": 80.791,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90423,
    "c": 0.1535,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE55F

secondary

#343DBD

accent

#16DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE55F

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

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