#EEEE42#EEEE42

#EEEE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.181 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEE42
RGB	rgb(238, 238, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.56, -19.03, 77.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.56, 80.01, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(92.07% -0.0605 0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(92.07% 0.181 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.8202, 79.7216, 17.0211)
Luminance	0.7972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEE42 #4242EE

analogous

#EE9842 #EEEE42 #98EE42

triadic

#EEEE42 #42EEEE #EE42EE

tetradic

#EEEE42 #42EE98 #4242EE #EE4298

square

#EEEE42 #42EE98 #4242EE #EE4298

split-complementary

#EEEE42 #4298EE #9842EE

monochromatic

#A7A70F #DFDF14 #EEEE42 #F3F37A #F8F8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#EEEE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEE42

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEE42	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE41E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeee42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 238, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.181 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8f382',
    500: '#eeee42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeee42;
$custom-light: #f8f382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeee42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 83.495,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92071,
    "c": 0.18147,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEE42

secondary

#2C2CA8

accent

#2EFA2E

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FFFEF2

border

#D7D6CC

text

#18160B

muted

#86857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEE42

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

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