#EEE2AA#EEE2AA

#EEE2AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.073 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE2AA
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 170)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(49, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 28.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.61, -4.32, 28.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.61, 29.24, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(90.9% -0.0095 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(90.9% 0.073 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.7124, 75.4737, 48.9180)
Luminance	0.7547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE2AA #AAB6EE

analogous

#EEC0AA #EEE2AA #D8EEAA

triadic

#EEE2AA #AAEEE2 #E2AAEE

tetradic

#EEE2AA #AAEEC0 #AAB6EE #EEAAD8

square

#EEE2AA #AAEEC0 #AAB6EE #EEAAD8

split-complementary

#EEE2AA #AAD8EE #C0AAEE

monochromatic

#DABF44 #E4D177 #EEE2AA #F8F3DD #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EEE2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#EEE2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE2AA

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE2AA	1.00	1.30	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDFA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.073 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ebc3',
    500: '#eee2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee2aa;
$custom-light: #f4ebc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90898,
    "c": 0.07341,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE2AA

secondary

#7181CB

accent

#37CF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE2AA

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

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