#EEE581#EEE581

#EEE581 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.122 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE581
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 129)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 45.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.77, -10.37, 49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.77, 50.66, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(90.82% -0.0296 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(90.82% 0.122 104)
XYZ	xyz(67.2432, 75.8027, 31.8538)
Luminance	0.7580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE581 #818AEE

analogous

#EEAF81 #EEE581 #C1EE81

triadic

#EEE581 #81EEE5 #E581EE

tetradic

#EEE581 #81EEAF #818AEE #EE81C1

square

#EEE581 #81EEAF #818AEE #EE81C1

split-complementary

#EEE581 #81C1EE #AF81EE

monochromatic

#D8C81D #E7DA4B #EEE581 #F5F0B7 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EEE581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#EEE581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE581

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE581	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DF79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.122 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eda7',
    500: '#eee581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee581;
$custom-light: #f5eda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90819,
    "c": 0.12243,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.75801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE581

secondary

#4B55C8

accent

#1ED80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE581

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

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