#EEE951#EEE951

#EEE951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.168 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE951
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.35, -15.88, 71.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.35, 72.98, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(91.13% -0.0503 0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(91.13% 0.168 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.8864, 77.0512, 19.1847)
Luminance	0.7705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE951 #5156EE

analogous

#EE9A51 #EEE951 #A5EE51

triadic

#EEE951 #51EEE9 #E951EE

tetradic

#EEE951 #51EE9A #5156EE #EE51A5

square

#EEE951 #51EE9A #5156EE #EE51A5

split-complementary

#EEE951 #51A5EE #9A51EE

monochromatic

#B3AE11 #E9E219 #EEE951 #F3F089 #F9F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#EEE951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE951

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE951	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.168 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef8a',
    500: '#eee951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee951;
$custom-light: #f7ef8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.089,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91131,
    "c": 0.1676,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE951

secondary

#3034B3

accent

#0EDF07

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE951

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

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