#EEE657#EEE657

#EEE657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.161 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE657
RGB	rgb(238, 230, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.61, -14.06, 68.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.61, 69.56, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(90.56% -0.0445 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(90.56% 0.161 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.2793, 75.4611, 20.1418)
Luminance	0.7546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE657 #575FEE

analogous

#EE9A57 #EEE657 #AAEE57

triadic

#EEE657 #57EEE6 #E657EE

tetradic

#EEE657 #57EE9A #575FEE #EE57AA

square

#EEE657 #57EE9A #575FEE #EE57AA

split-complementary

#EEE657 #57AAEE #9A57EE

monochromatic

#B8AF13 #E8DE1F #EEE657 #F4EE8F #F9F7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#EEE657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE657

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE657	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)

#F9DE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 230, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.161 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ed8d',
    500: '#eee657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee657;
$custom-light: #f7ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.821,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90558,
    "c": 0.16054,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE657

secondary

#3239B7

accent

#13DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE657

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

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