#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
RGBrgb(238, 238, 66)
HSLhsl(60, 83%, 60%)
HSVhsv(60, 72%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 72.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(91.56, -19.03, 77.71)
CIE-LCHlch(91.56, 80.01, 103.76°)
OKLaboklab(92.07% -0.0605 0.1711)
OKLCHoklch(92.07% 0.181 109.5)
XYZxyz(66.8202, 79.7216, 17.0211)
Luminance0.7972 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##EEEE421.001.2416.9416.94
#FFFFFF1.241.0021.0021.00
#00000016.9421.001.001.00
##00000016.9421.001.001.00

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

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#EEEE42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva