#EEE862#EEE862

#EEE862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.154 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE862
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.22, -14.35, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.22, 65.82, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(91.07% -0.0442 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(91.07% 0.154 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.3232, 76.7743, 22.8782)
Luminance	0.7677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE862 #6268EE

analogous

#EEA262 #EEE862 #AEEE62

triadic

#EEE862 #62EEE8 #E862EE

tetradic

#EEE862 #62EEA2 #6268EE #EE62AE

square

#EEE862 #62EEA2 #6268EE #EE62AE

split-complementary

#EEE862 #62AEEE #A262EE

monochromatic

#C1B915 #E8E02B #EEE862 #F4F099 #FAF8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#EEE862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE862

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE862	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.154 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef94',
    500: '#eee862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee862;
$custom-light: #f6ef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91072,
    "c": 0.15398,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE862

secondary

#353BBF

accent

#12DD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE862

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

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