#EEE759#EEE759

#EEE759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.160 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE759
RGB	rgb(238, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.88, -14.44, 67.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.88, 69.13, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(90.78% -0.0454 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(90.78% 0.16 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.6413, 76.0524, 20.6711)
Luminance	0.7605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE759 #5960EE

analogous

#EE9D59 #EEE759 #ABEE59

triadic

#EEE759 #59EEE7 #E759EE

tetradic

#EEE759 #59EE9D #5960EE #EE59AB

square

#EEE759 #59EE9D #5960EE #EE59AB

split-complementary

#EEE759 #59ABEE #9D59EE

monochromatic

#BAB213 #E8DF21 #EEE759 #F4EF91 #F9F7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EEE759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#EEE759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE759

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE759	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.160 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ee8e',
    500: '#eee759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee759;
$custom-light: #f7ee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.181,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90782,
    "c": 0.16002,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE759

secondary

#3339B9

accent

#12DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE759

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

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