#EEE587#EEE587

#EEE587 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.116 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE587
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 135)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 43.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.84, -9.79, 46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.84, 47.80, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(90.9% -0.0274 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(90.9% 0.116 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.6538, 75.9669, 34.0163)
Luminance	0.7597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE587 #8790EE

analogous

#EEB187 #EEE587 #C3EE87

triadic

#EEE587 #87EEE5 #E587EE

tetradic

#EEE587 #87EEB1 #8790EE #EE87C3

square

#EEE587 #87EEB1 #8790EE #EE87C3

split-complementary

#EEE587 #87C3EE #B187EE

monochromatic

#DCCB1F #E6D951 #EEE587 #F6F1BD #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EEE587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#EEE587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE587

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE587	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DF7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.116 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edab',
    500: '#eee587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee587;
$custom-light: #f5edab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.757,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90904,
    "c": 0.1162,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE587

secondary

#505BC9

accent

#20D70E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE587

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

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