#EEE272#EEE272

#EEE272 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.134 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE272
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.82, -10.19, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.82, 56.46, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(90.01% -0.0306 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(90.01% 0.134 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.4955, 73.7869, 26.7086)
Luminance	0.7379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE272 #727EEE

analogous

#EEA472 #EEE272 #BCEE72

triadic

#EEE272 #72EEE2 #E272EE

tetradic

#EEE272 #72EEA4 #727EEE #EE72BC

square

#EEE272 #72EEA4 #727EEE #EE72BC

split-complementary

#EEE272 #72BCEE #A472EE

monochromatic

#CDBB19 #E7D73B #EEE272 #F5EDA9 #FBF8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#EEE272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE272

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE272	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.134 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea9d',
    500: '#eee272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee272;
$custom-light: #f6ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90012,
    "c": 0.13414,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE272

secondary

#3D4BC7

accent

#1FDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE272

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

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