#EEC22E#EEC22E

#EEC22E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.158 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC22E
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 85%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 80.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, 2.30, 73.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 73.59, 88.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.0021 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.158 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.0482, 56.9616, 10.6795)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC22E #2E5AEE

analogous

#EE622E #EEC22E #BAEE2E

triadic

#EEC22E #2EEEC2 #C22EEE

tetradic

#EEC22E #2EEE62 #2E5AEE #EE2EBA

square

#EEC22E #2EEE62 #2E5AEE #EE2EBA

split-complementary

#EEC22E #2EBAEE #622EEE

monochromatic

#95760C #CEA311 #EEC22E #F3D367 #F7E39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EEC22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#EEC22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC22E

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC22E	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CC38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.158 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9d474',
    500: '#eec22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec22e;
$custom-light: #f9d474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 84.956,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82987,
    "c": 0.15843,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC22E

secondary

#274199

accent

#5CFB2D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#181409

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC22E

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

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