#FFEE81#FFEE81

#FFEE81 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.840; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.131 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEE81
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 129)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 49.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.45, -8.13, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.45, 54.99, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(94.07% -0.0241 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(94.07% 0.131 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.7792, 83.9967, 32.9859)
Luminance	0.8399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEE81 #8192FF

analogous

#FFAF81 #FFEE81 #D1FF81

triadic

#FFEE81 #81FFEE #EE81FF

tetradic

#FFEE81 #81FFAF #8192FF #FF81D1

square

#FFEE81 #81FFAF #8192FF #FF81D1

split-complementary

#FFEE81 #81D1FF #AF81FF

monochromatic

#FFDD07 #FFE644 #FFEE81 #FFF6BE #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFEE81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.80

#FFEE81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEE81

17.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEE81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEE81	1.00	1.18	17.80	17.80
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffee81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.131 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff3a8',
    500: '#ffee81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffee81;
$custom-light: #fff3a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffee81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94073,
    "c": 0.13137,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEE81

secondary

#465ADE

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEE81

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

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