#EEE85B#EEE85B

#EEE85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.159 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE85B
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.16, -14.80, 67.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.16, 68.70, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(91.01% -0.0462 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(91.01% 0.159 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.0071, 76.6478, 21.2130)
Luminance	0.7665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE85B #5B61EE

analogous

#EE9F5B #EEE85B #ABEE5B

triadic

#EEE85B #5BEEE8 #E85BEE

tetradic

#EEE85B #5BEE9F #5B61EE #EE5BAB

square

#EEE85B #5BEE9F #5B61EE #EE5BAB

split-complementary

#EEE85B #5BABEE #9F5BEE

monochromatic

#BBB413 #E8E024 #EEE85B #F4F092 #F9F8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EEE85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#EEE85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE85B

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE85B	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)

#FAE04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.159 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef8f',
    500: '#eee85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee85b;
$custom-light: #f7ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91006,
    "c": 0.15947,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE85B

secondary

#3339BA

accent

#11DE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE85B

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

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