#EEED5B#EEED5B

#EEED5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.164 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEED5B
RGB	rgb(238, 237, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.46, -17.25, 68.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.46, 70.61, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(92.04% -0.0531 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(92.04% 0.164 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.4346, 79.5028, 21.6888)
Luminance	0.7950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEED5B #5B5CEE

analogous

#EEA45B #EEED5B #A6EE5B

triadic

#EEED5B #5BEEED #ED5BEE

tetradic

#EEED5B #5BEEA4 #5B5CEE #EE5BA6

square

#EEED5B #5BEEA4 #5B5CEE #EE5BA6

split-complementary

#EEED5B #5BA6EE #A45BEE

monochromatic

#BBBA13 #E8E724 #EEED5B #F4F392 #F9F9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEED5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#EEED5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEED5B

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEED5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEED5B	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeed5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 237, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.164 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f290',
    500: '#eeed5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeed5b;
$custom-light: #f7f290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeed5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.592,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92044,
    "c": 0.16438,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEED5B

secondary

#3334BA

accent

#09DE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEED5B

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

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