#EEBE2E#EEBE2E

#EEBE2E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.157 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEBE2E
RGB	rgb(238, 190, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 85%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 80.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, 4.38, 72.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 72.82, 86.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% 0.0038 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.157 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.1699, 55.2050, 10.3868)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEBE2E #2E5EEE

analogous

#EE5E2E #EEBE2E #BEEE2E

triadic

#EEBE2E #2EEEBE #BE2EEE

tetradic

#EEBE2E #2EEE5E #2E5EEE #EE2EBE

square

#EEBE2E #2EEE5E #2E5EEE #EE2EBE

split-complementary

#EEBE2E #2EBEEE #5E2EEE

monochromatic

#95730C #CE9F11 #EEBE2E #F3D067 #F7E19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#EEBE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#EEBE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEBE2E

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEBE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEBE2E	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1C937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eebe2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 190, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.157 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9d174',
    500: '#eebe2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eebe2e;
$custom-light: #f9d174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eebe2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 84.956,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.822,
    "c": 0.15657,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEBE2E

secondary

#274499

accent

#60FB2D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#181409

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEBE2E

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

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