#FFEE59#FFEE59

#FFEE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.831; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.165 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEE59
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.07, -10.95, 71.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.07, 72.22, 98.72°)
OKLab	oklab(93.65% -0.0365 0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(93.65% 0.165 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.6207, 83.1333, 21.6176)
Luminance	0.8313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEE59 #596AFF

analogous

#FF9B59 #FFEE59 #BDFF59

triadic

#FFEE59 #59FFEE #EE59FF

tetradic

#FFEE59 #59FF9B #596AFF #FF59BD

square

#FFEE59 #59FF9B #596AFF #FF59BD

split-complementary

#FFEE59 #59BDFF #9B59FF

monochromatic

#DEC700 #FFE81C #FFEE59 #FFF496 #FFFBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.63

#FFEE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEE59

17.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEE59	1.00	1.19	17.63	17.63
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffee59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.165 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff38f',
    500: '#ffee59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffee59;
$custom-light: #fff38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffee59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.855,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93653,
    "c": 0.16503,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.8313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEE59

secondary

#2638D6

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEE59

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

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