#EEE561#EEE561

#EEE561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.152 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE561
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.43, -12.94, 63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.43, 65.09, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(90.44% -0.0403 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(90.44% 0.152 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.4391, 75.0810, 22.3520)
Luminance	0.7508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE561 #616AEE

analogous

#EE9E61 #EEE561 #B0EE61

triadic

#EEE561 #61EEE5 #E561EE

tetradic

#EEE561 #61EE9E #616AEE #EE61B0

square

#EEE561 #61EE9E #616AEE #EE61B0

split-complementary

#EEE561 #61B0EE #9E61EE

monochromatic

#C0B515 #E8DC2A #EEE561 #F4EE98 #FAF7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#EEE561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE561

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE561	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.152 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ed93',
    500: '#eee561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee561;
$custom-light: #f6ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90443,
    "c": 0.15188,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE561

secondary

#353EBE

accent

#16DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE561

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

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