#EEE278#EEE278

#EEE278 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.128 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE278
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 120)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 49.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.89, -9.68, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.89, 53.69, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(90.09% -0.0285 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(90.09% 0.128 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.8482, 73.9280, 28.5666)
Luminance	0.7393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE278 #7884EE

analogous

#EEA778 #EEE278 #BFEE78

triadic

#EEE278 #78EEE2 #E278EE

tetradic

#EEE278 #78EEA7 #7884EE #EE78BF

square

#EEE278 #78EEA7 #7884EE #EE78BF

split-complementary

#EEE278 #78BFEE #A778EE

monochromatic

#D1BF1A #E7D642 #EEE278 #F5EEAE #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#EEE278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE278

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE278	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.128 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa1',
    500: '#eee278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee278;
$custom-light: #f6eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.898,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90086,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE278

secondary

#4350C7

accent

#21DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE278

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

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