#EEE35C#EEE35C

#EEE35C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.154 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE35C
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 92)
HSL	hsl(55, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 61.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.87, -12.27, 65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.87, 66.44, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% -0.0389 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.154 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.6631, 73.8903, 20.9792)
Luminance	0.7389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE35C #5C67EE

analogous

#EE9A5C #EEE35C #B0EE5C

triadic

#EEE35C #5CEEE3 #E35CEE

tetradic

#EEE35C #5CEE9A #5C67EE #EE5CB0

square

#EEE35C #5CEE9A #5C67EE #EE5CB0

split-complementary

#EEE35C #5CB0EE #9A5CEE

monochromatic

#BCAF14 #E8D925 #EEE35C #F4ED93 #FAF6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE35C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#EEE35C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE35C

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE35C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE35C	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee35c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.154 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7eb90',
    500: '#eee35c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee35c;
$custom-light: #f7eb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee35c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.479,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89983,
    "c": 0.15397,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE35C

secondary

#333EBB

accent

#18DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE35C

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

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