#EEE59F#EEE59F

#EEE59F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.090 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE59F
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 159)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(53, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 33.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.19, -7.19, 35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.19, 36.02, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(91.3% -0.0182 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(91.3% 0.09 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.5380, 76.7206, 43.9396)
Luminance	0.7672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE59F #9FA8EE

analogous

#EEBE9F #EEE59F #CFEE9F

triadic

#EEE59F #9FEEE5 #E59FEE

tetradic

#EEE59F #9FEEBE #9FA8EE #EE9FCF

square

#EEE59F #9FEEBE #9FA8EE #EE9FCF

split-complementary

#EEE59F #9FCFEE #BE9FEE

monochromatic

#DCC937 #E5D76B #EEE59F #F7F3D3 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.34

#EEE59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE59F

16.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE59F	1.00	1.28	16.34	16.34
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E09A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.090 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edbc',
    500: '#eee59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee59f;
$custom-light: #f4edbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.165,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91295,
    "c": 0.08953,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE59F

secondary

#6672CB

accent

#29D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE59F

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

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