#EEE85A#EEE85A

#EEE85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.160 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE85A
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 90)
HSL	hsl(58, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 62.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.15, -14.87, 67.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.15, 69.11, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(91% -0.0465 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(91% 0.16 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.9642, 76.6307, 20.9873)
Luminance	0.7663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE85A #5A60EE

analogous

#EE9E5A #EEE85A #AAEE5A

triadic

#EEE85A #5AEEE8 #E85AEE

tetradic

#EEE85A #5AEE9E #5A60EE #EE5AAA

square

#EEE85A #5AEE9E #5A60EE #EE5AAA

split-complementary

#EEE85A #5AAAEE #9E5AEE

monochromatic

#BAB413 #E8E023 #EEE85A #F4F091 #F9F7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EEE85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#EEE85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE85A

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE85A	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.160 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef8f',
    500: '#eee85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee85a;
$custom-light: #f7ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.568,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90997,
    "c": 0.16023,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE85A

secondary

#3338B9

accent

#10DE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE85A

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

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