#EEE396#EEE396

#EEE396 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.098 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE396
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.54, -7.22, 38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.54, 39.64, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(90.73% -0.0188 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(90.73% 0.098 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.2351, 75.3191, 39.7919)
Luminance	0.7532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE396 #96A1EE

analogous

#EEB796 #EEE396 #CDEE96

triadic

#EEE396 #96EEE3 #E396EE

tetradic

#EEE396 #96EEB7 #96A1EE #EE96CD

square

#EEE396 #96EEB7 #96A1EE #EE96CD

split-complementary

#EEE396 #96CDEE #B796EE

monochromatic

#DDC72D #E5D561 #EEE396 #F7F1CB #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#EEE396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE396

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE396	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.098 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebb5',
    500: '#eee396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee396;
$custom-light: #f5ebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90734,
    "c": 0.09774,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE396

secondary

#5E6CCA

accent

#2AD411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE396

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

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