#EEE397#EEE397

#EEE397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.097 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE397
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 151)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 36.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.56, -7.11, 38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.56, 39.15, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(90.75% -0.0185 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(90.75% 0.097 101)
XYZ	xyz(68.3159, 75.3515, 40.2177)
Luminance	0.7535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE397 #97A2EE

analogous

#EEB897 #EEE397 #CEEE97

triadic

#EEE397 #97EEE3 #E397EE

tetradic

#EEE397 #97EEB8 #97A2EE #EE97CE

square

#EEE397 #97EEB8 #97A2EE #EE97CE

split-complementary

#EEE397 #97CEEE #B897EE

monochromatic

#DDC72E #E5D562 #EEE397 #F7F1CC #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#EEE397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE397

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE397	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.097 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebb6',
    500: '#eee397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee397;
$custom-light: #f5ebb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.414,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90751,
    "c": 0.09661,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.7535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE397

secondary

#5F6DCA

accent

#2AD412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE397

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

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