#EEE57D#EEE57D

#EEE57D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.126 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE57D
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 125)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 47.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.72, -10.74, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.72, 52.55, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(90.77% -0.0311 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(90.77% 0.126 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.9825, 75.6984, 30.4809)
Luminance	0.7570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE57D #7D86EE

analogous

#EEAC7D #EEE57D #BEEE7D

triadic

#EEE57D #7DEEE5 #E57DEE

tetradic

#EEE57D #7DEEAC #7D86EE #EE7DBE

square

#EEE57D #7DEEAC #7D86EE #EE7DBE

split-complementary

#EEE57D #7DBEEE #AC7DEE

monochromatic

#D5C61C #E7DA47 #EEE57D #F5F0B3 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EEE57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#EEE57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE57D

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE57D	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DF74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.126 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eda5',
    500: '#eee57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee57d;
$custom-light: #f5eda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.221,
    "s": 76.871,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90765,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE57D

secondary

#4752C8

accent

#1DD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE57D

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

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