#EEE491#EEE491

#EEE491 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.104 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE491
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 145)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 39.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.72, -8.27, 41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.72, 42.52, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(90.85% -0.0222 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(90.85% 0.104 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.1153, 75.7101, 37.8080)
Luminance	0.7571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE491 #919BEE

analogous

#EEB591 #EEE491 #CAEE91

triadic

#EEE491 #91EEE4 #E491EE

tetradic

#EEE491 #91EEB5 #919BEE #EE91CA

square

#EEE491 #91EEB5 #919BEE #EE91CA

split-complementary

#EEE491 #91CAEE #B591EE

monochromatic

#DECA27 #E6D75C #EEE491 #F6F1C6 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EEE491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#EEE491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE491

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE491	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.104 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecb2',
    500: '#eee491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee491;
$custom-light: #f5ecb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.548,
    "s": 73.228,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90854,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE491

secondary

#5A66CA

accent

#25D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE491

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

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