#EEE44D#EEE44D

#EEE44D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.166 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE44D
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 83%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 67.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.02, -13.63, 71.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.02, 72.69, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(90.07% -0.0444 0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(90.07% 0.166 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.3454, 74.2021, 17.9528)
Luminance	0.7420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE44D #4D57EE

analogous

#EE944D #EEE44D #A8EE4D

triadic

#EEE44D #4DEEE4 #E44DEE

tetradic

#EEE44D #4DEE94 #4D57EE #EE4DA8

square

#EEE44D #4DEE94 #4D57EE #EE4DA8

split-complementary

#EEE44D #4DA8EE #944DEE

monochromatic

#B0A611 #E8DB16 #EEE44D #F3EC85 #F9F5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#EEE44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE44D

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE44D	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)

#F7DC36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.166 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ec87',
    500: '#eee44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee44d;
$custom-light: #f7ec87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.273,
    "s": 82.564,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90065,
    "c": 0.16564,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE44D

secondary

#2F37B0

accent

#14DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE44D

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

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