#EEE851#EEE851

#EEE851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.167 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE851
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.08, -15.39, 70.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.08, 72.61, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(90.92% -0.0489 0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(90.92% 0.167 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.6041, 76.4866, 19.0906)
Luminance	0.7648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE851 #5157EE

analogous

#EE9951 #EEE851 #A5EE51

triadic

#EEE851 #51EEE8 #E851EE

tetradic

#EEE851 #51EE99 #5157EE #EE51A5

square

#EEE851 #51EE99 #5157EE #EE51A5

split-complementary

#EEE851 #51A5EE #9951EE

monochromatic

#B3AD11 #E9E119 #EEE851 #F3EF89 #F9F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EEE851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#EEE851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE851

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE851	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBDF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.167 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef8a',
    500: '#eee851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee851;
$custom-light: #f7ef8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.707,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90923,
    "c": 0.16666,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE851

secondary

#3035B3

accent

#0FDF07

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE851

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

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