#EEEE55#EEEE55

#EEEE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.170 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEE55
RGB	rgb(238, 238, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.68, -18.09, 71.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.68, 73.33, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(92.2% -0.0561 0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(92.2% 0.17 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.4763, 79.9840, 20.4766)
Luminance	0.7998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEE55 #5555EE

analogous

#EEA155 #EEEE55 #A1EE55

triadic

#EEEE55 #55EEEE #EE55EE

tetradic

#EEEE55 #55EEA1 #5555EE #EE55A1

square

#EEEE55 #55EEA1 #5555EE #EE55A1

split-complementary

#EEEE55 #55A1EE #A155EE

monochromatic

#B6B612 #E8E81D #EEEE55 #F4F48D #F9F9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.00

#EEEE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEE55

17.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEE55	1.00	1.24	17.00	17.00
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeee55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 238, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.170 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f38c',
    500: '#eeee55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeee55;
$custom-light: #f7f38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeee55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92203,
    "c": 0.1697,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEE55

secondary

#3131B6

accent

#07DE07

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEE55

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

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