#EEE162#EEE162

#EEE162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.147 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE162
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -10.89, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 63.18, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.0343 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.147 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.3920, 72.9117, 22.2344)
Luminance	0.7291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE162 #626FEE

analogous

#EE9B62 #EEE162 #B5EE62

triadic

#EEE162 #62EEE1 #E162EE

tetradic

#EEE162 #62EE9B #626FEE #EE62B5

square

#EEE162 #62EE9B #626FEE #EE62B5

split-complementary

#EEE162 #62B5EE #9B62EE

monochromatic

#C1B115 #E8D62B #EEE162 #F4EC99 #FAF6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EEE162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#EEE162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE162

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE162	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.147 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea93',
    500: '#eee162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee162;
$custom-light: #f6ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.429,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8963,
    "c": 0.14731,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE162

secondary

#3542BF

accent

#1CDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE162

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

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