#EEE655#EEE655

#EEE655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.162 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE655
RGB	rgb(238, 230, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.59, -14.18, 68.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.59, 70.35, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(90.54% -0.0451 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(90.54% 0.162 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.1988, 75.4289, 19.7174)
Luminance	0.7543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE655 #555DEE

analogous

#EE9955 #EEE655 #A9EE55

triadic

#EEE655 #55EEE6 #E655EE

tetradic

#EEE655 #55EE99 #555DEE #EE55A9

square

#EEE655 #55EE99 #555DEE #EE55A9

split-complementary

#EEE655 #55A9EE #9955EE

monochromatic

#B6AE12 #E8DE1D #EEE655 #F4EE8D #F9F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#EEE655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE655

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE655	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 230, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.162 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ed8c',
    500: '#eee655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee655;
$custom-light: #f7ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.863,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90541,
    "c": 0.16199,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE655

secondary

#3138B6

accent

#13DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE655

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

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