#EEE2AD#EEE2AD

#EEE2AD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.070 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE2AD
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 173)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(49, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 27.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.67, -3.93, 27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.67, 27.73, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(90.96% -0.0083 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(90.96% 0.07 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.9995, 75.5885, 50.4297)
Luminance	0.7559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE2AD #ADB9EE

analogous

#EEC1AD #EEE2AD #D9EEAD

triadic

#EEE2AD #ADEEE2 #E2ADEE

tetradic

#EEE2AD #ADEEC1 #ADB9EE #EEADD9

square

#EEE2AD #ADEEC1 #ADB9EE #EEADD9

split-complementary

#EEE2AD #ADD9EE #C1ADEE

monochromatic

#D9BE48 #E3D07A #EEE2AD #F9F4E0 #FAF6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EEE2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#EEE2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE2AD

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE2AD	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDFAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DAD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.070 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ebc5',
    500: '#eee2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee2ad;
$custom-light: #f4ebc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90958,
    "c": 0.0698,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE2AD

secondary

#7484CB

accent

#3ACE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE2AD

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

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