#EEE296#EEE296

#EEE296 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.097 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE296
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.29, -6.71, 38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.29, 39.23, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(90.53% -0.0174 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(90.53% 0.097 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.9624, 74.7737, 39.7009)
Luminance	0.7477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE296 #96A2EE

analogous

#EEB696 #EEE296 #CEEE96

triadic

#EEE296 #96EEE2 #E296EE

tetradic

#EEE296 #96EEB6 #96A2EE #EE96CE

square

#EEE296 #96EEB6 #96A2EE #EE96CE

split-complementary

#EEE296 #96CEEE #B696EE

monochromatic

#DDC52D #E5D361 #EEE296 #F7F1CB #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EEE296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#EEE296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE296

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE296	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DD90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.097 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebb5',
    500: '#eee296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee296;
$custom-light: #f5ebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90532,
    "c": 0.09672,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE296

secondary

#5E6DCA

accent

#2CD411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE296

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

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