#EEEA48#EEEA48

#EEEA48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.174 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA48
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 69.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.55, -16.82, 74.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.55, 76.59, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(91.27% -0.0538 0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(91.27% 0.174 108)
XYZ	xyz(65.8549, 77.4928, 17.6183)
Luminance	0.7749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA48 #484CEE

analogous

#EE9748 #EEEA48 #9FEE48

triadic

#EEEA48 #48EEEA #EA48EE

tetradic

#EEEA48 #48EE97 #484CEE #EE489F

square

#EEEA48 #48EE97 #484CEE #EE489F

split-complementary

#EEEA48 #489FEE #9748EE

monochromatic

#ACA810 #E4DF15 #EEEA48 #F3F080 #F8F7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEEA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#EEEA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA48

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA48	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.174 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f085',
    500: '#eeea48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea48;
$custom-light: #f7f085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.554,
    "s": 83,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91274,
    "c": 0.17429,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.77491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA48

secondary

#2E31AC

accent

#0BDF06

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA48

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →