#EEE489#EEE489

#EEE489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.113 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE489
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 137)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(54, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 42.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.61, -9.09, 45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.61, 46.42, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(90.73% -0.0253 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(90.73% 0.113 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.5201, 75.4720, 34.6729)
Luminance	0.7547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE489 #8993EE

analogous

#EEB189 #EEE489 #C5EE89

triadic

#EEE489 #89EEE4 #E489EE

tetradic

#EEE489 #89EEB1 #8993EE #EE89C5

square

#EEE489 #89EEB1 #8993EE #EE89C5

split-complementary

#EEE489 #89C5EE #B189EE

monochromatic

#DDCA20 #E6D854 #EEE489 #F6F0BE #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EEE489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#EEE489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE489

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE489	1.00	1.30	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.30	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)

#F3DE82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.113 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecad',
    500: '#eee489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee489;
$custom-light: #f5ecad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.059,
    "s": 74.815,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9073,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE489

secondary

#525EC9

accent

#22D70F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE489

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

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