#EEE280#EEE280

#EEE280 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.120 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE280
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 128)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 46.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.98, -8.96, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.98, 49.92, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(90.19% -0.0257 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(90.19% 0.12 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.3542, 74.1304, 31.2312)
Luminance	0.7413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE280 #808CEE

analogous

#EEAB80 #EEE280 #C3EE80

triadic

#EEE280 #80EEE2 #E280EE

tetradic

#EEE280 #80EEAB #808CEE #EE80C3

square

#EEE280 #80EEAB #808CEE #EE80C3

split-complementary

#EEE280 #80C3EE #AB80EE

monochromatic

#D7C31D #E7D64A #EEE280 #F5EEB6 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#EEE280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE280

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE280	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.120 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eaa7',
    500: '#eee280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee280;
$custom-light: #f5eaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 76.389,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90193,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE280

secondary

#4A58C8

accent

#23D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE280

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

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