#EEEE59#EEEE59

#EEEE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.167 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEE59
RGB	rgb(238, 238, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.71, -17.85, 69.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.71, 71.79, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(92.24% -0.0551 0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(92.24% 0.167 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.6398, 80.0494, 21.3373)
Luminance	0.8005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEE59 #5959EE

analogous

#EEA459 #EEEE59 #A4EE59

triadic

#EEEE59 #59EEEE #EE59EE

tetradic

#EEEE59 #59EEA4 #5959EE #EE59A4

square

#EEEE59 #59EEA4 #5959EE #EE59A4

split-complementary

#EEEE59 #59A4EE #A459EE

monochromatic

#BABA13 #E8E821 #EEEE59 #F4F491 #F9F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.01

#EEEE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEE59

17.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEE59	1.00	1.23	17.01	17.01
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeee59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 238, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.167 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f38f',
    500: '#eeee59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeee59;
$custom-light: #f7f38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeee59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92235,
    "c": 0.16685,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEE59

secondary

#3333B9

accent

#08DE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEE59

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

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