#EEE29F#EEE29F

#EEE29F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.086 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE29F
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 159)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 33.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.43, -5.68, 34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.43, 34.75, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(90.69% -0.0139 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(90.69% 0.086 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.7151, 75.0748, 43.6653)
Luminance	0.7507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE29F #9FABEE

analogous

#EEBA9F #EEE29F #D2EE9F

triadic

#EEE29F #9FEEE2 #E29FEE

tetradic

#EEE29F #9FEEBA #9FABEE #EE9FD2

square

#EEE29F #9FEEBA #9FABEE #EE9FD2

split-complementary

#EEE29F #9FD2EE #BA9FEE

monochromatic

#DCC337 #E5D26B #EEE29F #F7F2D3 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE29F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#EEE29F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE29F

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE29F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE29F	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDE9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee29f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.086 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ebbc',
    500: '#eee29f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee29f;
$custom-light: #f4ebbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee29f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.886,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90689,
    "c": 0.0864,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE29F

secondary

#6676CB

accent

#31D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE29F

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

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