#EEE36D#EEE36D

#EEE36D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.140 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE36D
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 54.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.03, -11.08, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.03, 59.11, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.16% -0.0337 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(90.16% 0.14 104)
XYZ	xyz(65.4913, 74.2216, 25.3414)
Luminance	0.7422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE36D #6D78EE

analogous

#EEA26D #EEE36D #B8EE6D

triadic

#EEE36D #6DEEE3 #E36DEE

tetradic

#EEE36D #6DEEA2 #6D78EE #EE6DB8

square

#EEE36D #6DEEA2 #6D78EE #EE6DB8

split-complementary

#EEE36D #6DB8EE #A26DEE

monochromatic

#C9BA17 #E8D836 #EEE36D #F4EEA4 #FBF8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#EEE36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE36D

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE36D	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)

#F4DC61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.140 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eb9a',
    500: '#eee36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee36d;
$custom-light: #f6eb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.884,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90158,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.74219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE36D

secondary

#3945C6

accent

#1CDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE36D

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

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