#EEEA49#EEEA49

#EEEA49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.174 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA49
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 69.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.55, -16.77, 74.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.55, 76.24, 102.71°)
OKLab	oklab(91.28% -0.0536 0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(91.28% 0.174 108)
XYZ	xyz(65.8878, 77.5060, 17.7915)
Luminance	0.7750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA49 #494DEE

analogous

#EE9749 #EEEA49 #A0EE49

triadic

#EEEA49 #49EEEA #EA49EE

tetradic

#EEEA49 #49EE97 #494DEE #EE49A0

square

#EEEA49 #49EE97 #494DEE #EE49A0

split-complementary

#EEEA49 #49A0EE #9749EE

monochromatic

#ACA910 #E4DF15 #EEEA49 #F3F081 #F8F7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEEA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#EEEA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA49

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA49	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.174 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f085',
    500: '#eeea49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea49;
$custom-light: #f7f085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.545,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91281,
    "c": 0.17368,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.77504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA49

secondary

#2E31AD

accent

#0BDF06

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA49

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →