#EEE398#EEE398

#EEE398 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.095 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE398
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 152)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 36.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.57, -6.99, 38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.57, 38.65, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(90.77% -0.0181 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(90.77% 0.095 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.3975, 75.3841, 40.6473)
Luminance	0.7538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE398 #98A3EE

analogous

#EEB898 #EEE398 #CEEE98

triadic

#EEE398 #98EEE3 #E398EE

tetradic

#EEE398 #98EEB8 #98A3EE #EE98CE

square

#EEE398 #98EEB8 #98A3EE #EE98CE

split-complementary

#EEE398 #98CEEE #B898EE

monochromatic

#DDC62F #E5D563 #EEE398 #F7F1CD #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#EEE398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE398

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE398	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.095 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ebb7',
    500: '#eee398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee398;
$custom-light: #f4ebb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.326,
    "s": 71.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90768,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE398

secondary

#606ECA

accent

#2BD412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE398

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

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