#EEEA61#EEEA61

#EEEA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.157 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA61
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.73, -15.40, 65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.73, 67.01, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(91.48% -0.0473 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(91.48% 0.157 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.8425, 77.8878, 22.8198)
Luminance	0.7789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA61 #6165EE

analogous

#EEA361 #EEEA61 #ABEE61

triadic

#EEEA61 #61EEEA #EA61EE

tetradic

#EEEA61 #61EEA3 #6165EE #EE61AB

square

#EEEA61 #61EEA3 #6165EE #EE61AB

split-complementary

#EEEA61 #61ABEE #A361EE

monochromatic

#C0BB15 #E8E32A #EEEA61 #F4F198 #FAF9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEEA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#EEEA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA61

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA61	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.157 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f093',
    500: '#eeea61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea61;
$custom-light: #f6f093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.298,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91476,
    "c": 0.15676,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA61

secondary

#3539BE

accent

#0FDD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA61

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

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