#EEEE56#EEEE56

#EEEE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.169 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEE56
RGB	rgb(238, 238, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.68, -18.03, 70.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.68, 72.95, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(92.21% -0.0559 0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(92.21% 0.169 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.5163, 80.0000, 20.6873)
Luminance	0.8000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEE56 #5656EE

analogous

#EEA256 #EEEE56 #A2EE56

triadic

#EEEE56 #56EEEE #EE56EE

tetradic

#EEEE56 #56EEA2 #5656EE #EE56A2

square

#EEEE56 #56EEA2 #5656EE #EE56A2

split-complementary

#EEEE56 #56A2EE #A256EE

monochromatic

#B7B712 #E8E81E #EEEE56 #F4F48E #F9F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.00

#EEEE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEE56

17.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEE56	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)

#FFE441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeee56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 238, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.169 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f38d',
    500: '#eeee56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeee56;
$custom-light: #f7f38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeee56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92211,
    "c": 0.169,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEE56

secondary

#3232B7

accent

#07DE07

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEE56

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

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