#EEEB56#EEEB56

#EEEB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.166 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EEEB56
RGBrgb(238, 235, 86)
HSLhsl(59, 82%, 64%)
HSVhsv(59, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.3%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(90.90, -16.57, 69.87)
CIE-LCHlch(90.90, 71.81, 103.34°)
OKLaboklab(91.59% -0.0517 0.1578)
OKLCHoklch(91.59% 0.166 108.2)
XYZxyz(66.6502, 78.2677, 20.3986)
Luminance0.7827 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EEEB56 #5659EE
analogous
#EE9F56 #EEEB56 #A5EE56
triadic
#EEEB56 #56EEEB #EB56EE
tetradic
#EEEB56 #56EE9F #5659EE #EE56A5
square
#EEEB56 #56EE9F #5659EE #EE56A5
split-complementary
#EEEB56 #56A5EE #9F56EE
monochromatic
#B7B412 #E8E41E #EEEB56 #F4F28E #F9F8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26
#EEEB56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65
#EEEB56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEB56
16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EEEB56#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EEEB561.001.2616.6516.65
#FFFFFF1.261.0021.0021.00
#00000016.6521.001.001.00
##00000016.6521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FDE242
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFE760
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FEDDCC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #eeeb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 235, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.166 108.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f18d',
    500: '#eeeb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #eeeb56;
$custom-light: #f7f18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#eeeb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.816,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91586,
    "c": 0.16605,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EEEB56
secondary
#3234B7
accent
#0CDE07
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#18160D
muted
#86857F

Preview Lab

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#EEEB56 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva