#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
RGBrgb(238, 233, 89)
HSLhsl(58, 81%, 64%)
HSVhsv(58, 63%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.1%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(90.40, -15.42, 68.16)
CIE-LCHlch(90.40, 69.88, 102.74°)
OKLaboklab(91.2% -0.0482 0.1546)
OKLCHoklch(91.2% 0.162 107.3)
XYZxyz(66.2042, 77.1783, 20.8588)
Luminance0.7718 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##EEE9591.001.2816.4416.44
#FFFFFF1.281.0021.0021.00
#00000016.4421.001.001.00
##00000016.4421.001.001.00

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

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#EEE959 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva