#EEEF55#EEEF55

#EEEF55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.171 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEF55
RGB	rgb(238, 239, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 64.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.94, -18.57, 71.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.94, 73.71, 104.59°)
OKLab	oklab(92.41% -0.0575 0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(92.41% 0.171 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.7683, 80.5679, 20.5739)
Luminance	0.8057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEF55 #5655EF

analogous

#EFA355 #EEEF55 #A1EF55

triadic

#EEEF55 #55EEEF #EF55EE

tetradic

#EEEF55 #55EFA3 #5655EF #EF55A1

square

#EEEF55 #55EFA3 #5655EF #EF55A1

split-complementary

#EEEF55 #55A1EF #A355EF

monochromatic

#B7B811 #E8EA1D #EEEF55 #F4F48D #F9FAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.11

#EEEF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEF55

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEF55	1.00	1.23	17.11	17.11
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEE1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeef55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 239, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.171 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f48c',
    500: '#eeef55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeef55;
$custom-light: #f7f48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeef55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.39,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92411,
    "c": 0.17068,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEF55

secondary

#3231B7

accent

#06DF08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEF55

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

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