#EEE39B#EEE39B

#EEE39B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.092 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE39B
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 155)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 34.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.62, -6.65, 36.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.62, 37.16, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.82% -0.0169 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(90.82% 0.092 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.6463, 75.4836, 41.9577)
Luminance	0.7548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE39B #9BA6EE

analogous

#EEBA9B #EEE39B #D0EE9B

triadic

#EEE39B #9BEEE3 #E39BEE

tetradic

#EEE39B #9BEEBA #9BA6EE #EE9BD0

square

#EEE39B #9BEEBA #9BA6EE #EE9BD0

split-complementary

#EEE39B #9BD0EE #BA9BEE

monochromatic

#DCC632 #E5D467 #EEE39B #F7F2CF #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EEE39B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#EEE39B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE39B

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE39B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE39B	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee39b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.092 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ebb9',
    500: '#eee39b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee39b;
$custom-light: #f4ebb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee39b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.048,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9082,
    "c": 0.09204,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE39B

secondary

#6370CA

accent

#2CD313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE39B

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

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