#EEE289#EEE289

#EEE289 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.111 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE289
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 137)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 42.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.10, -8.09, 44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.10, 45.60, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0224 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.111 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.9730, 74.3780, 34.4905)
Luminance	0.7438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE289 #8995EE

analogous

#EEAF89 #EEE289 #C7EE89

triadic

#EEE289 #89EEE2 #E289EE

tetradic

#EEE289 #89EEAF #8995EE #EE89C7

square

#EEE289 #89EEAF #8995EE #EE89C7

split-complementary

#EEE289 #89C7EE #AF89EE

monochromatic

#DDC620 #E6D554 #EEE289 #F6EFBE #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EEE289 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#EEE289 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE289

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE289	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE289	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DD82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E28D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee289;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.111 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eaad',
    500: '#eee289',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee289;
$custom-light: #f5eaad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee289",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.871,
    "s": 74.815,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90324,
    "c": 0.11102,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE289

secondary

#5260C9

accent

#26D70F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE289

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

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