#EEEB59#EEEB59

#EEEB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.164 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEB59
RGB	rgb(238, 235, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.92, -16.39, 68.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.92, 70.64, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(91.61% -0.0509 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(91.61% 0.164 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.7736, 78.3171, 21.0486)
Luminance	0.7832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEB59 #595CEE

analogous

#EEA159 #EEEB59 #A7EE59

triadic

#EEEB59 #59EEEB #EB59EE

tetradic

#EEEB59 #59EEA1 #595CEE #EE59A7

square

#EEEB59 #59EEA1 #595CEE #EE59A7

split-complementary

#EEEB59 #59A7EE #A159EE

monochromatic

#BAB613 #E8E421 #EEEB59 #F4F291 #F9F8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEEB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.66

#EEEB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEB59

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEB59	1.00	1.26	16.66	16.66
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeeb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 235, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.164 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f18e',
    500: '#eeeb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeeb59;
$custom-light: #f7f18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeeb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.792,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91611,
    "c": 0.16388,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEB59

secondary

#3335B9

accent

#0CDE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEB59

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

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