#EEE277#EEE277

#EEE277 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.129 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE277
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 119)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 50%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.88, -9.77, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.88, 54.15, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(90.07% -0.0289 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(90.07% 0.129 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.7879, 73.9039, 28.2486)
Luminance	0.7390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE277 #7783EE

analogous

#EEA777 #EEE277 #BEEE77

triadic

#EEE277 #77EEE2 #E277EE

tetradic

#EEE277 #77EEA7 #7783EE #EE77BE

square

#EEE277 #77EEA7 #7783EE #EE77BE

split-complementary

#EEE277 #77BEEE #A777EE

monochromatic

#D1BE1A #E7D641 #EEE277 #F5EEAD #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#EEE277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE277

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE277	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.129 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa1',
    500: '#eee277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee277;
$custom-light: #f6eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.95,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90073,
    "c": 0.12938,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE277

secondary

#424FC7

accent

#20DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE277

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

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