#EEE36B#EEE36B

#EEE36B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.141 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE36B
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 107)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 55%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.01, -11.23, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.01, 60.00, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(90.14% -0.0343 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(90.14% 0.141 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.3849, 74.1790, 24.7808)
Luminance	0.7418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE36B #6B76EE

analogous

#EEA26B #EEE36B #B7EE6B

triadic

#EEE36B #6BEEE3 #E36BEE

tetradic

#EEE36B #6BEEA2 #6B76EE #EE6BB7

square

#EEE36B #6BEEA2 #6B76EE #EE6BB7

split-complementary

#EEE36B #6BB7EE #A26BEE

monochromatic

#C8B917 #E8D934 #EEE36B #F4EDA2 #FBF8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#EEE36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE36B

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE36B	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.141 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eb99',
    500: '#eee36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee36b;
$custom-light: #f6eb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90135,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE36B

secondary

#3844C5

accent

#1BDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE36B

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

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