#EEE959#EEE959

#EEE959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.162 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE959
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.40, -15.42, 68.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.40, 69.88, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(91.2% -0.0482 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(91.2% 0.162 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.2042, 77.1783, 20.8588)
Luminance	0.7718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE959 #595EEE

analogous

#EE9F59 #EEE959 #A8EE59

triadic

#EEE959 #59EEE9 #E959EE

tetradic

#EEE959 #59EE9F #595EEE #EE59A8

square

#EEE959 #59EE9F #595EEE #EE59A8

split-complementary

#EEE959 #59A8EE #9F59EE

monochromatic

#BAB413 #E8E221 #EEE959 #F4F091 #F9F8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#EEE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE959

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE959	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.162 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef8e',
    500: '#eee959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee959;
$custom-light: #f7ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.987,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91196,
    "c": 0.16193,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE959

secondary

#3337B9

accent

#0FDE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE959

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

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