#EEE181#EEE181

#EEE181 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.118 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE181
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 129)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 45.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.74, -8.37, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.74, 49.04, 99.82°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0239 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.118 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.1492, 73.6146, 31.4892)
Luminance	0.7361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE181 #818EEE

analogous

#EEAB81 #EEE181 #C5EE81

triadic

#EEE181 #81EEE1 #E181EE

tetradic

#EEE181 #81EEAB #818EEE #EE81C5

square

#EEE181 #81EEAB #818EEE #EE81C5

split-complementary

#EEE181 #81C5EE #AB81EE

monochromatic

#D8C11D #E7D44B #EEE181 #F5EEB7 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#EEE181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE181

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE181	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.118 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eaa7',
    500: '#eee181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee181;
$custom-light: #f5eaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.844,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90004,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE181

secondary

#4B5AC8

accent

#25D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE181

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

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