#EEE198#EEE198

#EEE198 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.093 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE198
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 152)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 36.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.06, -5.98, 37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.06, 37.82, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(90.36% -0.0152 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(90.36% 0.093 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.8537, 74.2964, 40.4660)
Luminance	0.7429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE198 #98A5EE

analogous

#EEB698 #EEE198 #D0EE98

triadic

#EEE198 #98EEE1 #E198EE

tetradic

#EEE198 #98EEB6 #98A5EE #EE98D0

square

#EEE198 #98EEB6 #98A5EE #EE98D0

split-complementary

#EEE198 #98D0EE #B698EE

monochromatic

#DDC22F #E5D263 #EEE198 #F7F0CD #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EEE198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#EEE198 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE198

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE198	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.093 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eab7',
    500: '#eee198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee198;
$custom-light: #f4eab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.93,
    "s": 71.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90364,
    "c": 0.09345,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE198

secondary

#6070CA

accent

#2FD412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE198

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

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