#EEE196#EEE196

#EEE196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.096 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE196
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.03, -6.21, 38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.03, 38.82, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(90.33% -0.0159 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(90.33% 0.096 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.6912, 74.2314, 39.6106)
Luminance	0.7423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE196 #96A3EE

analogous

#EEB596 #EEE196 #CFEE96

triadic

#EEE196 #96EEE1 #E196EE

tetradic

#EEE196 #96EEB5 #96A3EE #EE96CF

square

#EEE196 #96EEB5 #96A3EE #EE96CF

split-complementary

#EEE196 #96CFEE #B596EE

monochromatic

#DDC32D #E5D261 #EEE196 #F7F0CB #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EEE196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#EEE196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE196

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE196	1.00	1.33	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.096 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eab5',
    500: '#eee196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee196;
$custom-light: #f5eab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.136,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9033,
    "c": 0.09572,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE196

secondary

#5E6ECA

accent

#2ED411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE196

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

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