#FFEE53#FFEE53

#FFEE53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.830; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.169 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEE53
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 67.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.03, -11.27, 73.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.03, 74.50, 98.70°)
OKLab	oklab(93.61% -0.038 0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(93.61% 0.169 103)
XYZ	xyz(73.3789, 83.0366, 20.3444)
Luminance	0.8303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEE53 #5364FF

analogous

#FF9853 #FFEE53 #BAFF53

triadic

#FFEE53 #53FFEE #EE53FF

tetradic

#FFEE53 #53FF98 #5364FF #FF53BA

square

#FFEE53 #53FF98 #5364FF #FF53BA

split-complementary

#FFEE53 #53BAFF #9853FF

monochromatic

#D8C200 #FFE816 #FFEE53 #FFF490 #FFFACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.61

#FFEE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEE53

17.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEE53	1.00	1.19	17.61	17.61
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffee53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.169 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff38b',
    500: '#ffee53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffee53;
$custom-light: #fff38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffee53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.07,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93606,
    "c": 0.16912,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.83034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEE53

secondary

#2536D1

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEE53

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

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