#EEE09F#EEE09F

#EEE09F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.084 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE09F
RGB	rgb(238, 224, 159)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(49, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 33.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.92, -4.67, 33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.92, 33.93, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(90.29% -0.0109 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(90.29% 0.084 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.1744, 73.9935, 43.4851)
Luminance	0.7399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE09F #9FADEE

analogous

#EEB89F #EEE09F #D4EE9F

triadic

#EEE09F #9FEEE0 #E09FEE

tetradic

#EEE09F #9FEEB8 #9FADEE #EE9FD4

square

#EEE09F #9FEEB8 #9FADEE #EE9FD4

split-complementary

#EEE09F #9FD4EE #B89FEE

monochromatic

#DCBE37 #E5CF6B #EEE09F #F7F1D3 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#EEE09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE09F

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE09F	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E2A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 224, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.084 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e9bc',
    500: '#eee09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee09f;
$custom-light: #f4e9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.367,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90287,
    "c": 0.0844,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE09F

secondary

#6678CB

accent

#35D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE09F

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

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