#EEEA62#EEEA62

#EEEA62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.156 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA62
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.74, -15.33, 64.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.74, 66.59, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(91.49% -0.047 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(91.49% 0.156 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.8894, 77.9066, 23.0669)
Luminance	0.7791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA62 #6266EE

analogous

#EEA462 #EEEA62 #ACEE62

triadic

#EEEA62 #62EEEA #EA62EE

tetradic

#EEEA62 #62EEA4 #6266EE #EE62AC

square

#EEEA62 #62EEA4 #6266EE #EE62AC

split-complementary

#EEEA62 #62ACEE #A462EE

monochromatic

#C1BC15 #E8E32B #EEEA62 #F4F199 #FAF9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEEA62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#EEEA62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA62

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA62	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.156 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f094',
    500: '#eeea62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea62;
$custom-light: #f6f094;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91485,
    "c": 0.15596,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA62

secondary

#3539BF

accent

#0FDD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA62

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

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