#EEE281#EEE281

#EEE281 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.119 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE281
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 129)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 45.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.00, -8.87, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.00, 49.44, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(90.21% -0.0253 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(90.21% 0.119 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.4203, 74.1569, 31.5795)
Luminance	0.7416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE281 #818DEE

analogous

#EEAB81 #EEE281 #C4EE81

triadic

#EEE281 #81EEE2 #E281EE

tetradic

#EEE281 #81EEAB #818DEE #EE81C4

square

#EEE281 #81EEAB #818DEE #EE81C4

split-complementary

#EEE281 #81C4EE #AB81EE

monochromatic

#D8C31D #E7D64B #EEE281 #F5EEB7 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#EEE281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE281

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE281	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)

#F2DC79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.119 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eaa7',
    500: '#eee281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee281;
$custom-light: #f5eaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.394,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90207,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE281

secondary

#4B59C8

accent

#23D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE281

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

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