#EEE57A#EEE57A

#EEE57A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.129 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE57A
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 122)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 48.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.68, -11.00, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.68, 53.95, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(90.73% -0.0321 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(90.73% 0.129 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.7938, 75.6229, 29.4868)
Luminance	0.7562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE57A #7A83EE

analogous

#EEAB7A #EEE57A #BDEE7A

triadic

#EEE57A #7AEEE5 #E57AEE

tetradic

#EEE57A #7AEEAB #7A83EE #EE7ABD

square

#EEE57A #7AEEAB #7A83EE #EE7ABD

split-complementary

#EEE57A #7ABDEE #AB7AEE

monochromatic

#D3C41B #E7DA44 #EEE57A #F5F0B0 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EEE57A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#EEE57A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE57A

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE57A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE57A	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)

#F5DE71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee57a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.129 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eda3',
    500: '#eee57a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee57a;
$custom-light: #f6eda3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee57a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.345,
    "s": 77.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90725,
    "c": 0.12943,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE57A

secondary

#454FC8

accent

#1CDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE57A

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

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