#EEE38D#EEE38D

#EEE38D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.108 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE38D
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 141)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 40.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.41, -8.19, 43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.41, 44.06, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90.59% -0.0223 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(90.59% 0.108 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.5380, 75.0403, 36.1207)
Luminance	0.7504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE38D #8D98EE

analogous

#EEB38D #EEE38D #C9EE8D

triadic

#EEE38D #8DEEE3 #E38DEE

tetradic

#EEE38D #8DEEB3 #8D98EE #EE8DC9

square

#EEE38D #8DEEB3 #8D98EE #EE8DC9

split-complementary

#EEE38D #8DC9EE #B38DEE

monochromatic

#DEC922 #E6D658 #EEE38D #F6F0C2 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#EEE38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE38D

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE38D	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)

#F2DE86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E390

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.108 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebaf',
    500: '#eee38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee38d;
$custom-light: #f5ebaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.196,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90588,
    "c": 0.10771,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE38D

secondary

#5663C9

accent

#26D60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE38D

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

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