#FFEE72#FFEE72

#FFEE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.836; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.145 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEE72
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 55.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.29, -9.33, 61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.29, 61.78, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(93.89% -0.0291 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(93.89% 0.145 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(74.8543, 83.6268, 28.1149)
Luminance	0.8362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEE72 #7283FF

analogous

#FFA872 #FFEE72 #CAFF72

triadic

#FFEE72 #72FFEE #EE72FF

tetradic

#FFEE72 #72FFA8 #7283FF #FF72CA

square

#FFEE72 #72FFA8 #7283FF #FF72CA

split-complementary

#FFEE72 #72CAFF #A872FF

monochromatic

#F7D900 #FFE735 #FFEE72 #FFF5AF #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFEE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.72

#FFEE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEE72

17.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEE72	1.00	1.18	17.72	17.72
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE866

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffee72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.145 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff39e',
    500: '#ffee72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffee72;
$custom-light: #fff39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffee72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.766,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93893,
    "c": 0.14523,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEE72

secondary

#394DDC

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEE72

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

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