#EEE462#EEE462

#EEE462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.150 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE462
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.18, -12.38, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.18, 64.29, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% -0.0386 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.15 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.2101, 74.5480, 22.5071)
Luminance	0.7455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE462 #626CEE

analogous

#EE9E62 #EEE462 #B2EE62

triadic

#EEE462 #62EEE4 #E462EE

tetradic

#EEE462 #62EE9E #626CEE #EE62B2

square

#EEE462 #62EE9E #626CEE #EE62B2

split-complementary

#EEE462 #62B2EE #9E62EE

monochromatic

#C1B415 #E8DB2B #EEE462 #F4ED99 #FAF7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EEE462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#EEE462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE462

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE462	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)

#F6DD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.150 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec93',
    500: '#eee462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee462;
$custom-light: #f6ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90246,
    "c": 0.15011,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE462

secondary

#353FBF

accent

#18DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE462

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

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