#EEE494#EEE494

#EEE494 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.101 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE494
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 148)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 37.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.77, -7.94, 40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.77, 41.05, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(90.9% -0.0211 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(90.9% 0.101 102)
XYZ	xyz(68.3497, 75.8039, 39.0424)
Luminance	0.7580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE494 #949EEE

analogous

#EEB794 #EEE494 #CBEE94

triadic

#EEE494 #94EEE4 #E494EE

tetradic

#EEE494 #94EEB7 #949EEE #EE94CB

square

#EEE494 #94EEB7 #949EEE #EE94CB

split-complementary

#EEE494 #94CBEE #B794EE

monochromatic

#DDC92A #E6D75F #EEE494 #F6F1C9 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EEE494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#EEE494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE494

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE494	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.101 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecb4',
    500: '#eee494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee494;
$custom-light: #f5ecb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 72.581,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90903,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.75802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE494

secondary

#5C68CA

accent

#27D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE494

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

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