#EEE09B#EEE09B

#EEE09B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.089 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE09B
RGB	rgb(238, 224, 155)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 34.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.85, -5.14, 35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.85, 35.93, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(90.22% -0.0125 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(90.22% 0.089 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.8329, 73.8569, 41.6865)
Luminance	0.7386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE09B #9BA9EE

analogous

#EEB79B #EEE09B #D2EE9B

triadic

#EEE09B #9BEEE0 #E09BEE

tetradic

#EEE09B #9BEEB7 #9BA9EE #EE9BD2

square

#EEE09B #9BEEB7 #9BA9EE #EE9BD2

split-complementary

#EEE09B #9BD2EE #B79BEE

monochromatic

#DCC032 #E5D067 #EEE09B #F7F0CF #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#EEE09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE09B

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE09B	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDC96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 224, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.089 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e9b9',
    500: '#eee09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee09b;
$custom-light: #f4e9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.88,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90215,
    "c": 0.08903,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE09B

secondary

#6374CA

accent

#33D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE09B

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

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