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

Modern Web

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