#EEE261#EEE261

#EEE261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.149 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE261
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.65, -11.45, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.65, 63.98, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(89.83% -0.0361 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(89.83% 0.149 104)
XYZ	xyz(64.6162, 73.4352, 22.0777)
Luminance	0.7343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE261 #616DEE

analogous

#EE9C61 #EEE261 #B3EE61

triadic

#EEE261 #61EEE2 #E261EE

tetradic

#EEE261 #61EE9C #616DEE #EE61B3

square

#EEE261 #61EE9C #616DEE #EE61B3

split-complementary

#EEE261 #61B3EE #9C61EE

monochromatic

#C0B115 #E8D82A #EEE261 #F4EC98 #FAF6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#EEE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE261

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE261	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.149 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea93',
    500: '#eee261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee261;
$custom-light: #f6ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89825,
    "c": 0.14906,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.73433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE261

secondary

#3541BE

accent

#1BDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE261

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

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