#EEE56D#EEE56D

#EEE56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.142 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE56D
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 54.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.54, -12.07, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.54, 59.88, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.0365 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.142 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.0415, 75.3220, 25.5248)
Luminance	0.7532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE56D #6D76EE

analogous

#EEA46D #EEE56D #B6EE6D

triadic

#EEE56D #6DEEE5 #E56DEE

tetradic

#EEE56D #6DEEA4 #6D76EE #EE6DB6

square

#EEE56D #6DEEA4 #6D76EE #EE6DB6

split-complementary

#EEE56D #6DB6EE #A46DEE

monochromatic

#C9BD17 #E8DB36 #EEE56D #F4EFA4 #FBF9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#EEE56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE56D

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE56D	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.142 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ed9a',
    500: '#eee56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee56d;
$custom-light: #f6ed9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90568,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE56D

secondary

#3943C6

accent

#19DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE56D

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

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