#EEED59#EEED59

#EEED59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.166 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEED59
RGB	rgb(238, 237, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.45, -17.37, 69.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.45, 71.40, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(92.03% -0.0537 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(92.03% 0.166 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.3494, 79.4687, 21.2405)
Luminance	0.7947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEED59 #595AEE

analogous

#EEA359 #EEED59 #A5EE59

triadic

#EEED59 #59EEED #ED59EE

tetradic

#EEED59 #59EEA3 #595AEE #EE59A5

square

#EEED59 #59EEA3 #595AEE #EE59A5

split-complementary

#EEED59 #59A5EE #A359EE

monochromatic

#BAB813 #E8E721 #EEED59 #F4F391 #F9F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEED59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.89

#EEED59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEED59

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEED59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEED59	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)

#FFE446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeed59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 237, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.166 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f28f',
    500: '#eeed59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeed59;
$custom-light: #f7f28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeed59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.597,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92027,
    "c": 0.16585,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEED59

secondary

#3333B9

accent

#09DE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEED59

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

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