#EEEE5B#EEEE5B

#EEEE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.165 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEE5B
RGB	rgb(238, 238, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.72, -17.73, 68.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.72, 71.00, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(92.25% -0.0545 0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(92.25% 0.165 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.7249, 80.0834, 21.7856)
Luminance	0.8008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEE5B #5B5BEE

analogous

#EEA55B #EEEE5B #A5EE5B

triadic

#EEEE5B #5BEEEE #EE5BEE

tetradic

#EEEE5B #5BEEA5 #5B5BEE #EE5BA5

square

#EEEE5B #5BEEA5 #5B5BEE #EE5BA5

split-complementary

#EEEE5B #5BA5EE #A55BEE

monochromatic

#BBBB13 #E8E824 #EEEE5B #F4F492 #F9F9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.02

#EEEE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEE5B

17.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEE5B	1.00	1.23	17.02	17.02
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeee5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 238, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.165 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f390',
    500: '#eeee5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeee5b;
$custom-light: #f7f390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeee5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92253,
    "c": 0.16538,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.80082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEE5B

secondary

#3333BA

accent

#08DE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEE5B

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

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