#EEE962#EEE962

#EEE962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.155 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE962
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.48, -14.84, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.48, 66.20, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(91.28% -0.0456 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(91.28% 0.155 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.6055, 77.3388, 22.9723)
Luminance	0.7734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE962 #6267EE

analogous

#EEA362 #EEE962 #ADEE62

triadic

#EEE962 #62EEE9 #E962EE

tetradic

#EEE962 #62EEA3 #6267EE #EE62AD

square

#EEE962 #62EEA3 #6267EE #EE62AD

split-complementary

#EEE962 #62ADEE #A362EE

monochromatic

#C1BB15 #E8E12B #EEE962 #F4F199 #FAF8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#EEE962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE962

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE962	1.00	1.28	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.155 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef94',
    500: '#eee962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee962;
$custom-light: #f6ef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91278,
    "c": 0.15497,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE962

secondary

#353ABF

accent

#10DD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE962

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

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