#EEE985#EEE985

#EEE985 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.123 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE985
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 133)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 44.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.85, -11.98, 49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.85, 50.44, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0339 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.123 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.6339, 78.1502, 33.6548)
Luminance	0.7815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE985 #858AEE

analogous

#EEB485 #EEE985 #BEEE85

triadic

#EEE985 #85EEE9 #E985EE

tetradic

#EEE985 #85EEB4 #858AEE #EE85BE

square

#EEE985 #85EEB4 #858AEE #EE85BE

split-complementary

#EEE985 #85BEEE #B485EE

monochromatic

#DAD11E #E7DF4F #EEE985 #F5F3BB #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#EEE985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE985

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE985	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E27D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.123 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efaa',
    500: '#eee985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee985;
$custom-light: #f5efaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91693,
    "c": 0.12252,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE985

secondary

#4F54C9

accent

#17D80E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE985

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

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