#EEE495#EEE495

#EEE495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.100 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE495
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 149)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 37.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.78, -7.83, 39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.78, 40.55, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(90.92% -0.0207 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(90.92% 0.1 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.4292, 75.8356, 39.4610)
Luminance	0.7583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE495 #959FEE

analogous

#EEB795 #EEE495 #CBEE95

triadic

#EEE495 #95EEE4 #E495EE

tetradic

#EEE495 #95EEB7 #959FEE #EE95CB

square

#EEE495 #95EEB7 #959FEE #EE95CB

split-complementary

#EEE495 #95CBEE #B795EE

monochromatic

#DDC92C #E6D760 #EEE495 #F6F1CA #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EEE495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#EEE495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE495

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE495	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.100 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecb5',
    500: '#eee495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee495;
$custom-light: #f5ecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.258,
    "s": 72.358,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9092,
    "c": 0.0999,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE495

secondary

#5D69CA

accent

#27D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE495

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

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