#FFEE50#FFEE50

#FFEE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.830; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.171 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEE50
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 80)
HSL	hsl(54, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 68.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.01, -11.42, 74.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.01, 75.61, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(93.58% -0.0387 0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(93.58% 0.171 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.2656, 82.9913, 19.7475)
Luminance	0.8299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEE50 #5061FF

analogous

#FF9650 #FFEE50 #B9FF50

triadic

#FFEE50 #50FFEE #EE50FF

tetradic

#FFEE50 #50FF96 #5061FF #FF50B9

square

#FFEE50 #50FF96 #5061FF #FF50B9

split-complementary

#FFEE50 #50B9FF #9650FF

monochromatic

#D5C000 #FFE813 #FFEE50 #FFF48D #FFFACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.60

#FFEE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEE50

17.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEE50	1.00	1.19	17.60	17.60
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffee50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.171 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff38a',
    500: '#ffee50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffee50;
$custom-light: #fff38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffee50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.171,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93584,
    "c": 0.17106,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.82988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEE50

secondary

#2435CF

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEE50

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

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