#FFEE57#FFEE57

#FFEE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.831; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.166 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEE57
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 65.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.06, -11.06, 72.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.06, 72.99, 98.72°)
OKLab	oklab(93.64% -0.037 0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(93.64% 0.166 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.5378, 83.1002, 21.1813)
Luminance	0.8310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEE57 #5768FF

analogous

#FF9A57 #FFEE57 #BCFF57

triadic

#FFEE57 #57FFEE #EE57FF

tetradic

#FFEE57 #57FF9A #5768FF #FF57BC

square

#FFEE57 #57FF9A #5768FF #FF57BC

split-complementary

#FFEE57 #57BCFF #9A57FF

monochromatic

#DCC500 #FFE81A #FFEE57 #FFF494 #FFFAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.62

#FFEE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEE57

17.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEE57	1.00	1.19	17.62	17.62
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffee57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.166 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff38e',
    500: '#ffee57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffee57;
$custom-light: #fff38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffee57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.929,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93637,
    "c": 0.16643,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.83097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEE57

secondary

#2637D5

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEE57

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

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