#FFEE74#FFEE74

#FFEE74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.837; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.143 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEE74
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 54.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.31, -9.18, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.31, 60.89, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(93.92% -0.0285 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(93.92% 0.143 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.9694, 83.6728, 28.7210)
Luminance	0.8367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEE74 #7485FF

analogous

#FFA874 #FFEE74 #CAFF74

triadic

#FFEE74 #74FFEE #EE74FF

tetradic

#FFEE74 #74FFA8 #7485FF #FF74CA

square

#FFEE74 #74FFA8 #7485FF #FF74CA

split-complementary

#FFEE74 #74CAFF #A874FF

monochromatic

#F9DA00 #FFE737 #FFEE74 #FFF5B1 #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFEE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.73

#FFEE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEE74

17.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEE74	1.00	1.18	17.73	17.73
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffee74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.143 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff39f',
    500: '#ffee74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffee74;
$custom-light: #fff39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffee74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93916,
    "c": 0.14346,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.8367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEE74

secondary

#3B4FDC

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEE74

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

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