#EEE39A#EEE39A

#EEE39A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.093 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE39A
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 154)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 35.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.60, -6.77, 37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.60, 37.66, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.8% -0.0173 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(90.8% 0.093 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.5627, 75.4502, 41.5172)
Luminance	0.7545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE39A #9AA5EE

analogous

#EEB99A #EEE39A #CFEE9A

triadic

#EEE39A #9AEEE3 #E39AEE

tetradic

#EEE39A #9AEEB9 #9AA5EE #EE9ACF

square

#EEE39A #9AEEB9 #9AA5EE #EE9ACF

split-complementary

#EEE39A #9ACFEE #B99AEE

monochromatic

#DCC631 #E5D466 #EEE39A #F7F2CE #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE39A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#EEE39A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE39A

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE39A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE39A	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee39a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.093 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ebb8',
    500: '#eee39a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee39a;
$custom-light: #f4ebb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee39a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.143,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90802,
    "c": 0.0932,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE39A

secondary

#6270CA

accent

#2CD312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE39A

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

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