#EEE333#EEE333

#EEE333 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.179 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE333
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 85%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 78.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.62, -14.23, 79.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.62, 80.80, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(89.7% -0.0484 0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(89.7% 0.179 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.3293, 73.3568, 13.9547)
Luminance	0.7335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE333 #333EEE

analogous

#EE8633 #EEE333 #9BEE33

triadic

#EEE333 #33EEE3 #E333EE

tetradic

#EEE333 #33EE86 #333EEE #EE339B

square

#EEE333 #33EE86 #333EEE #EE339B

split-complementary

#EEE333 #339BEE #8633EE

monochromatic

#9A910D #D2C712 #EEE333 #F3EB6B #F7F3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EEE333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#EEE333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE333

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE333	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.179 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8eb7a',
    500: '#eee333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee333;
$custom-light: #f8eb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 84.615,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89701,
    "c": 0.17898,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE333

secondary

#282F9D

accent

#39FB2D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160A

muted

#86847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE333

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

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