#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
RGB	rgb(238, 235, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.90, -16.57, 69.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.90, 71.81, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(91.59% -0.0517 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(91.59% 0.166 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.6502, 78.2677, 20.3986)
Luminance	0.7827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##EEEB56	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #EEEB56

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

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