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Color Theory For Software Engineers + Color Accessibility & Performance with Sarah Shook

Published Aug 27, 2024

Updated Aug 27, 2024

1 min read

In this episode of the Modern Web podcast, Tracy Lee and Rob Ocel sit down with Sarah Shook, a UI/UX engineer at Hunter Industries. They discuss the topic of Sarah’s THAT Conference talk on color theory, exploring the intricacies of RGB, HSL, and hex color models. The discussion also touches on the importance of understanding how color accessibility impacts your page’s performance.

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction and Guest Introduction
01:30 - Balancing Work and Parenthood
03:20 - Family-Friendly Conferences and THAT Conference Experience
05:45 - Overview of Sarah's Presentation on Color Theory
07:00 - Understanding Additive and Subtractive Color Models
09:00 - RGB to Hex Conversion Explained
11:45 - Importance of Color Theory in Web Development
14:00 - Accessibility and Color Luminescence
16:00 - Tools and Resources for Color Accessibility
18:30 - Sarah’s Experience with Vue and Other Frameworks
21:00 - Discussion on Framework Deployment and Tooling
23:15 - The Challenges and Benefits of Learning Multiple Frameworks
25:00 - Tailwind, TypeScript, and Framework Preferences
27:00 - Vue Community and Tooling Insights
29:00 - Advanced JavaScript and TypeScript Content with DropJS
31:00 - Sarah’s Color Utility Project and Where to Find Her
32:30 - Closing Thoughts and Outro

Follow Sarah Shook on Social Media Twitter: https://x.com/shookcodes Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahshook/ Github: https://github.com/shookcodes

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