#EEE265#EEE265

#EEE265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.146 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE265
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 101)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.69, -11.17, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.69, 62.26, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(89.87% -0.0348 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(89.87% 0.146 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.8074, 73.5117, 23.0848)
Luminance	0.7351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE265 #6571EE

analogous

#EE9E65 #EEE265 #B5EE65

triadic

#EEE265 #65EEE2 #E265EE

tetradic

#EEE265 #65EE9E #6571EE #EE65B5

square

#EEE265 #65EE9E #6571EE #EE65B5

split-complementary

#EEE265 #65B5EE #9E65EE

monochromatic

#C3B416 #E8D82E #EEE265 #F4EC9C #FAF7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#EEE265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE265

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE265	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E26C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.146 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea95',
    500: '#eee265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee265;
$custom-light: #f6ea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89866,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE265

secondary

#3642C1

accent

#1CDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE265

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

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