#EEE362#EEE362

#EEE362 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.149 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE362
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.92, -11.88, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.92, 63.92, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90.04% -0.0372 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(90.04% 0.149 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.9358, 73.9994, 22.4157)
Luminance	0.7400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE362 #626DEE

analogous

#EE9D62 #EEE362 #B3EE62

triadic

#EEE362 #62EEE3 #E362EE

tetradic

#EEE362 #62EE9D #626DEE #EE62B3

square

#EEE362 #62EE9D #626DEE #EE62B3

split-complementary

#EEE362 #62B3EE #9D62EE

monochromatic

#C1B315 #E8D92B #EEE362 #F4ED99 #FAF7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#EEE362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE362

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE362	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.149 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eb93',
    500: '#eee362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee362;
$custom-light: #f6eb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.286,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90041,
    "c": 0.14918,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE362

secondary

#3540BF

accent

#19DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE362

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

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