#EEE481#EEE481

#EEE481 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.121 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE481
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 129)
HSL	hsl(54, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 45.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.51, -9.87, 49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.51, 50.25, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(90.62% -0.0282 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(90.62% 0.121 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.9673, 75.2509, 31.7619)
Luminance	0.7525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE481 #818BEE

analogous

#EEAD81 #EEE481 #C2EE81

triadic

#EEE481 #81EEE4 #E481EE

tetradic

#EEE481 #81EEAD #818BEE #EE81C2

square

#EEE481 #81EEAD #818BEE #EE81C2

split-complementary

#EEE481 #81C2EE #AD81EE

monochromatic

#D8C61D #E7D84B #EEE481 #F5F0B7 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#EEE481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE481

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE481	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DE79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.121 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eca7',
    500: '#eee481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee481;
$custom-light: #f5eca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.495,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90615,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE481

secondary

#4B56C8

accent

#20D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE481

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

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