#EEE565#EEE565

#EEE565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.149 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE565
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.47, -12.66, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.47, 63.39, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(90.48% -0.0391 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(90.48% 0.149 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.6303, 75.1575, 23.3591)
Luminance	0.7516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE565 #656EEE

analogous

#EEA165 #EEE565 #B3EE65

triadic

#EEE565 #65EEE5 #E565EE

tetradic

#EEE565 #65EEA1 #656EEE #EE65B3

square

#EEE565 #65EEA1 #656EEE #EE65B3

split-complementary

#EEE565 #65B3EE #A165EE

monochromatic

#C3B816 #E8DC2E #EEE565 #F4EE9C #FAF8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#EEE565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE565

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE565	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE46C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.149 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ed95',
    500: '#eee565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee565;
$custom-light: #f6ed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90482,
    "c": 0.14858,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE565

secondary

#363FC1

accent

#17DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE565

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

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