#EEE185#EEE185

#EEE185 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.114 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE185
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 133)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 44.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.79, -7.99, 46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.79, 47.13, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(90.06% -0.0224 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(90.06% 0.114 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.4203, 73.7231, 32.9169)
Luminance	0.7372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE185 #8592EE

analogous

#EEAC85 #EEE185 #C7EE85

triadic

#EEE185 #85EEE1 #E185EE

tetradic

#EEE185 #85EEAC #8592EE #EE85C7

square

#EEE185 #85EEAC #8592EE #EE85C7

split-complementary

#EEE185 #85C7EE #AC85EE

monochromatic

#DAC31E #E7D44F #EEE185 #F5EEBB #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#EEE185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE185

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE185	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DC7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.114 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eaaa',
    500: '#eee185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee185;
$custom-light: #f5eaaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.571,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90061,
    "c": 0.11426,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE185

secondary

#4F5EC9

accent

#27D80E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE185

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

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