#EEED57#EEED57

#EEED57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.167 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEED57
RGB	rgb(238, 237, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.43, -17.49, 70.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.43, 72.18, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(92.01% -0.0542 0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(92.01% 0.167 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.2666, 79.4356, 20.8042)
Luminance	0.7943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEED57 #5758EE

analogous

#EEA157 #EEED57 #A3EE57

triadic

#EEED57 #57EEED #ED57EE

tetradic

#EEED57 #57EEA1 #5758EE #EE57A3

square

#EEED57 #57EEA1 #5758EE #EE57A3

split-complementary

#EEED57 #57A3EE #A157EE

monochromatic

#B8B713 #E8E71F #EEED57 #F4F38F #F9F9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEED57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.89

#EEED57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEED57

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEED57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEED57	1.00	1.24	16.89	16.89
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeed57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 237, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.167 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f28d',
    500: '#eeed57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeed57;
$custom-light: #f7f28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeed57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.603,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9201,
    "c": 0.16729,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEED57

secondary

#3233B7

accent

#09DE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEED57

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

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