#EEE472#EEE472

#EEE472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.136 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE472
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.34, -11.18, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.34, 57.24, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(90.42% -0.0335 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(90.42% 0.136 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.0425, 74.8810, 26.8909)
Luminance	0.7488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE472 #727CEE

analogous

#EEA672 #EEE472 #BAEE72

triadic

#EEE472 #72EEE4 #E472EE

tetradic

#EEE472 #72EEA6 #727CEE #EE72BA

square

#EEE472 #72EEA6 #727CEE #EE72BA

split-complementary

#EEE472 #72BAEE #A672EE

monochromatic

#CDBE19 #E7DA3B #EEE472 #F5EEA9 #FBF9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#EEE472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE472

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE472	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.136 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec9d',
    500: '#eee472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee472;
$custom-light: #f6ec9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90421,
    "c": 0.13609,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE472

secondary

#3D49C7

accent

#1CDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE472

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

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