#EEE480#EEE480

#EEE480 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.122 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE480
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 128)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 46.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -9.96, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 50.73, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(90.6% -0.0286 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(90.6% 0.122 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.9012, 75.2244, 31.4135)
Luminance	0.7522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE480 #808AEE

analogous

#EEAD80 #EEE480 #C1EE80

triadic

#EEE480 #80EEE4 #E480EE

tetradic

#EEE480 #80EEAD #808AEE #EE80C1

square

#EEE480 #80EEAD #808AEE #EE80C1

split-complementary

#EEE480 #80C1EE #AD80EE

monochromatic

#D7C61D #E7D94A #EEE480 #F5EFB6 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#EEE480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE480

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE480	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DE78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.122 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eca7',
    500: '#eee480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee480;
$custom-light: #f5eca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 76.389,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90601,
    "c": 0.12243,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE480

secondary

#4A56C8

accent

#1FD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE480

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

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