#EEE591#EEE591

#EEE591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.105 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE591
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 145)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 39.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.98, -8.77, 42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.98, 42.94, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(91.06% -0.0237 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(91.06% 0.105 103)
XYZ	xyz(68.3912, 76.2619, 37.8999)
Luminance	0.7626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE591 #919AEE

analogous

#EEB791 #EEE591 #C8EE91

triadic

#EEE591 #91EEE5 #E591EE

tetradic

#EEE591 #91EEB7 #919AEE #EE91C8

square

#EEE591 #91EEB7 #919AEE #EE91C8

split-complementary

#EEE591 #91C8EE #B791EE

monochromatic

#DECC27 #E6D85C #EEE591 #F6F2C6 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EEE591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#EEE591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE591

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE591	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E08B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.105 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edb2',
    500: '#eee591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee591;
$custom-light: #f5edb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 73.228,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91057,
    "c": 0.10541,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.7626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE591

secondary

#5A64CA

accent

#23D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE591

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

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