#EEE955#EEE955

#EEE955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.165 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE955
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.37, -15.65, 69.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.37, 71.45, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(91.16% -0.0492 0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(91.16% 0.165 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.0408, 77.1130, 19.9981)
Luminance	0.7711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE955 #555AEE

analogous

#EE9C55 #EEE955 #A6EE55

triadic

#EEE955 #55EEE9 #E955EE

tetradic

#EEE955 #55EE9C #555AEE #EE55A6

square

#EEE955 #55EE9C #555AEE #EE55A6

split-complementary

#EEE955 #55A6EE #9C55EE

monochromatic

#B6B112 #E8E21D #EEE955 #F4F08D #F9F7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#EEE955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE955

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE955	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.165 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef8c',
    500: '#eee955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee955;
$custom-light: #f7ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.039,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91162,
    "c": 0.16483,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE955

secondary

#3136B6

accent

#0EDE07

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE955

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

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