#EEE56A#EEE56A

#EEE56A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.144 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE56A
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 106)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 55.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.51, -12.30, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.51, 61.21, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.54% -0.0375 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(90.54% 0.144 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.8828, 75.2585, 24.6888)
Luminance	0.7526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE56A #6A73EE

analogous

#EEA36A #EEE56A #B5EE6A

triadic

#EEE56A #6AEEE5 #E56AEE

tetradic

#EEE56A #6AEEA3 #6A73EE #EE6AB5

square

#EEE56A #6AEEA3 #6A73EE #EE6AB5

split-complementary

#EEE56A #6AB5EE #A36AEE

monochromatic

#C7BB17 #E8DB33 #EEE56A #F4EFA1 #FBF8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#EEE56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE56A

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE56A	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.144 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ed98',
    500: '#eee56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee56a;
$custom-light: #f6ed98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90535,
    "c": 0.1443,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE56A

secondary

#3841C4

accent

#18DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE56A

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

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