#EEE09C#EEE09C

#EEE09C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.088 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE09C
RGB	rgb(238, 224, 156)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 34.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.87, -5.02, 35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.87, 35.43, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(90.23% -0.0121 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(90.23% 0.088 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.9173, 73.8906, 42.1307)
Luminance	0.7389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE09C #9CAAEE

analogous

#EEB79C #EEE09C #D3EE9C

triadic

#EEE09C #9CEEE0 #E09CEE

tetradic

#EEE09C #9CEEB7 #9CAAEE #EE9CD3

square

#EEE09C #9CEEB7 #9CAAEE #EE9CD3

split-complementary

#EEE09C #9CD3EE #B79CEE

monochromatic

#DCBF34 #E5D068 #EEE09C #F7F0D0 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#EEE09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE09C

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE09C	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 224, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.088 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e9ba',
    500: '#eee09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee09c;
$custom-light: #f4e9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90233,
    "c": 0.08788,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE09C

secondary

#6475CB

accent

#34D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE09C

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

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