#EEE579#EEE579

#EEE579 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.130 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE579
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.67, -11.09, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.67, 54.42, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(90.71% -0.0325 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(90.71% 0.13 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.7322, 75.5983, 29.1622)
Luminance	0.7560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE579 #7982EE

analogous

#EEAB79 #EEE579 #BCEE79

triadic

#EEE579 #79EEE5 #E579EE

tetradic

#EEE579 #79EEAB #7982EE #EE79BC

square

#EEE579 #79EEAB #7982EE #EE79BC

split-complementary

#EEE579 #79BCEE #AB79EE

monochromatic

#D2C41B #E7DA43 #EEE579 #F5F0AF #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EEE579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#EEE579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE579

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE579	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.130 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eda2',
    500: '#eee579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee579;
$custom-light: #f6eda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90712,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE579

secondary

#444EC7

accent

#1CDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE579

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

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