#EEE36E#EEE36E

#EEE36E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.139 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE36E
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 110)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 53.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.04, -11.00, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.04, 58.66, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(90.17% -0.0334 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(90.17% 0.139 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.5455, 74.2433, 25.6265)
Luminance	0.7424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE36E #6E79EE

analogous

#EEA36E #EEE36E #B9EE6E

triadic

#EEE36E #6EEEE3 #E36EEE

tetradic

#EEE36E #6EEEA3 #6E79EE #EE6EB9

square

#EEE36E #6EEEA3 #6E79EE #EE6EB9

split-complementary

#EEE36E #6EB9EE #A36EEE

monochromatic

#CABB18 #E8D837 #EEE36E #F4EEA5 #FBF8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#EEE36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE36E

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE36E	1.00	1.33	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.139 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eb9b',
    500: '#eee36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee36e;
$custom-light: #f6eb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.844,
    "s": 79.012,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90169,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE36E

secondary

#3A46C6

accent

#1CDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE36E

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

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