#EEEF59#EEEF59

#EEEF59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.168 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEF59
RGB	rgb(238, 239, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.97, -18.34, 69.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.97, 72.18, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(92.44% -0.0564 0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(92.44% 0.168 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.9317, 80.6333, 21.4346)
Luminance	0.8063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEF59 #5A59EF

analogous

#EFA559 #EEEF59 #A3EF59

triadic

#EEEF59 #59EEEF #EF59EE

tetradic

#EEEF59 #59EFA5 #5A59EF #EF59A3

square

#EEEF59 #59EFA5 #5A59EF #EF59A3

split-complementary

#EEEF59 #59A3EF #A559EF

monochromatic

#BABC12 #E8EA21 #EEEF59 #F4F491 #F9FAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.13

#EEEF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEF59

17.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEF59	1.00	1.23	17.13	17.13
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEE1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeef59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 239, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.168 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f48f',
    500: '#eeef59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeef59;
$custom-light: #f7f48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeef59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.4,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92444,
    "c": 0.16785,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEF59

secondary

#3332BA

accent

#07DF08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEF59

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

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