#EEE461#EEE461

#EEE461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.151 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE461
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.17, -12.44, 63.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.17, 64.72, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(90.24% -0.0389 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(90.24% 0.151 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.1632, 74.5292, 22.2600)
Luminance	0.7453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE461 #616BEE

analogous

#EE9E61 #EEE461 #B1EE61

triadic

#EEE461 #61EEE4 #E461EE

tetradic

#EEE461 #61EE9E #616BEE #EE61B1

square

#EEE461 #61EE9E #616BEE #EE61B1

split-complementary

#EEE461 #61B1EE #9E61EE

monochromatic

#C0B415 #E8DB2A #EEE461 #F4ED98 #FAF7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EEE461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#EEE461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE461

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE461	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.151 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec93',
    500: '#eee461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee461;
$custom-light: #f6ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90237,
    "c": 0.15094,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE461

secondary

#353FBE

accent

#18DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE461

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

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