#EEE279#EEE279

#EEE279 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.127 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE279
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -9.59, 52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 53.22, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(90.1% -0.0282 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(90.1% 0.127 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.9093, 73.9525, 28.8879)
Luminance	0.7395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE279 #7985EE

analogous

#EEA779 #EEE279 #BFEE79

triadic

#EEE279 #79EEE2 #E279EE

tetradic

#EEE279 #79EEA7 #7985EE #EE79BF

square

#EEE279 #79EEA7 #7985EE #EE79BF

split-complementary

#EEE279 #79BFEE #A779EE

monochromatic

#D2BF1B #E7D643 #EEE279 #F5EEAF #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#EEE279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE279

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE279	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)

#F2DC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.127 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa2',
    500: '#eee279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee279;
$custom-light: #f6eaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90099,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE279

secondary

#4451C7

accent

#21DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE279

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

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