#EEE957#EEE957

#EEE957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.163 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE957
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.39, -15.54, 68.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.39, 70.67, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(91.18% -0.0487 0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(91.18% 0.163 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.1214, 77.1452, 20.4225)
Luminance	0.7714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE957 #575CEE

analogous

#EE9D57 #EEE957 #A7EE57

triadic

#EEE957 #57EEE9 #E957EE

tetradic

#EEE957 #57EE9D #575CEE #EE57A7

square

#EEE957 #57EE9D #575CEE #EE57A7

split-complementary

#EEE957 #57A7EE #9D57EE

monochromatic

#B8B313 #E8E21F #EEE957 #F4F08F #F9F8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#EEE957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE957

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE957	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.163 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef8d',
    500: '#eee957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee957;
$custom-light: #f7ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.013,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91179,
    "c": 0.1634,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE957

secondary

#3236B7

accent

#0FDE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE957

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

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