#EEE28B#EEE28B

#EEE28B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.109 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE28B
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 139)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 41.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.13, -7.89, 43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.13, 44.63, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(90.35% -0.0216 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(90.35% 0.109 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.1178, 74.4359, 35.2531)
Luminance	0.7443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE28B #8B97EE

analogous

#EEB18B #EEE28B #C9EE8B

triadic

#EEE28B #8BEEE2 #E28BEE

tetradic

#EEE28B #8BEEB1 #8B97EE #EE8BC9

square

#EEE28B #8BEEB1 #8B97EE #EE8BC9

split-complementary

#EEE28B #8BC9EE #B18BEE

monochromatic

#DEC721 #E6D556 #EEE28B #F6EFC0 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EEE28B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#EEE28B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE28B

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE28B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE28B	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DD84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E28F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee28b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.109 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eaae',
    500: '#eee28b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee28b;
$custom-light: #f5eaae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee28b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90354,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE28B

secondary

#5462C9

accent

#27D70F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE28B

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

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