#FFEE85#FFEE85

#FFEE85 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.841; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.127 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEE85
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 133)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 47.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.50, -7.78, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.50, 53.12, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(94.13% -0.0227 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(94.13% 0.127 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(76.0503, 84.1051, 34.4137)
Luminance	0.8410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEE85 #8596FF

analogous

#FFB185 #FFEE85 #D3FF85

triadic

#FFEE85 #85FFEE #EE85FF

tetradic

#FFEE85 #85FFB1 #8596FF #FF85D3

square

#FFEE85 #85FFB1 #8596FF #FF85D3

split-complementary

#FFEE85 #85D3FF #B185FF

monochromatic

#FFDD0B #FFE548 #FFEE85 #FFF7C2 #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFEE85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.82

#FFEE85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEE85

17.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEE85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEE85	1.00	1.18	17.82	17.82
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE87C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffee85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.127 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff3aa',
    500: '#ffee85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffee85;
$custom-light: #fff3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffee85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94125,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.84103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEE85

secondary

#495EDF

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEE85

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

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