#EEE09D#EEE09D

#EEE09D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.087 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE09D
RGB	rgb(238, 224, 157)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 34%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.89, -4.90, 34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.89, 34.93, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% -0.0117 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.087 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.0023, 73.9246, 42.5785)
Luminance	0.7392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE09D #9DABEE

analogous

#EEB89D #EEE09D #D3EE9D

triadic

#EEE09D #9DEEE0 #E09DEE

tetradic

#EEE09D #9DEEB8 #9DABEE #EE9DD3

square

#EEE09D #9DEEB8 #9DABEE #EE9DD3

split-complementary

#EEE09D #9DD3EE #B89DEE

monochromatic

#DCBF35 #E5D069 #EEE09D #F7F0D1 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#EEE09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE09D

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE09D	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)

#EDDC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 224, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.087 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e9ba',
    500: '#eee09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee09d;
$custom-light: #f4e9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.63,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90251,
    "c": 0.08673,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE09D

secondary

#6576CB

accent

#34D213

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE09D

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

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