#EEE371#EEE371

#EEE371 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.136 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE371
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 113)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 52.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -10.76, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 57.30, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(90.2% -0.0324 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(90.2% 0.136 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.7116, 74.3097, 26.5014)
Luminance	0.7431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE371 #717CEE

analogous

#EEA571 #EEE371 #BBEE71

triadic

#EEE371 #71EEE3 #E371EE

tetradic

#EEE371 #71EEA5 #717CEE #EE71BB

square

#EEE371 #71EEA5 #717CEE #EE71BB

split-complementary

#EEE371 #71BBEE #A571EE

monochromatic

#CCBC18 #E7D83A #EEE371 #F5EEA8 #FBF9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EEE371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#EEE371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE371

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE371	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.136 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eb9d',
    500: '#eee371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee371;
$custom-light: #f6eb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90204,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE371

secondary

#3D49C7

accent

#1DDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE371

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

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