#EEEB61#EEEB61

#EEEB61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.158 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEB61
RGB	rgb(238, 235, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.99, -15.89, 65.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.99, 67.40, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(91.68% -0.0487 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(91.68% 0.158 108)
XYZ	xyz(67.1280, 78.4588, 22.9149)
Luminance	0.7846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEB61 #6164EE

analogous

#EEA461 #EEEB61 #ABEE61

triadic

#EEEB61 #61EEEB #EB61EE

tetradic

#EEEB61 #61EEA4 #6164EE #EE61AB

square

#EEEB61 #61EEA4 #6164EE #EE61AB

split-complementary

#EEEB61 #61ABEE #A461EE

monochromatic

#C0BC15 #E8E42A #EEEB61 #F4F298 #FAF9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEEB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#EEEB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEB61

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEB61	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeeb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 235, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.158 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f193',
    500: '#eeeb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeeb61;
$custom-light: #f6f193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeeb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91683,
    "c": 0.15776,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.78457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEB61

secondary

#3538BE

accent

#0DDD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEB61

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

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