#EEEC59#EEEC59

#EEEC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.165 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC59
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.19, -16.88, 68.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.19, 71.02, 103.75°)
OKLab	oklab(91.82% -0.0523 0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(91.82% 0.165 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.0607, 78.8913, 21.1443)
Luminance	0.7889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC59 #595BEE

analogous

#EEA259 #EEEC59 #A5EE59

triadic

#EEEC59 #59EEEC #EC59EE

tetradic

#EEEC59 #59EEA2 #595BEE #EE59A5

square

#EEEC59 #59EEA2 #595BEE #EE59A5

split-complementary

#EEEC59 #59A5EE #A259EE

monochromatic

#BAB713 #E8E621 #EEEC59 #F4F291 #F9F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEEC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#EEEC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC59

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC59	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.165 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f18e',
    500: '#eeec59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec59;
$custom-light: #f7f18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.195,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91819,
    "c": 0.16486,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC59

secondary

#3334B9

accent

#0BDE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC59

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

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