#EEE496#EEE496

#EEE496 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.099 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE496
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.80, -7.72, 39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.80, 40.06, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(90.94% -0.0203 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(90.94% 0.099 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.5094, 75.8677, 39.8833)
Luminance	0.7587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE496 #96A0EE

analogous

#EEB896 #EEE496 #CCEE96

triadic

#EEE496 #96EEE4 #E496EE

tetradic

#EEE496 #96EEB8 #96A0EE #EE96CC

square

#EEE496 #96EEB8 #96A0EE #EE96CC

split-complementary

#EEE496 #96CCEE #B896EE

monochromatic

#DDC92D #E5D661 #EEE496 #F7F2CB #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EEE496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#EEE496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE496

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE496	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)

#F2DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.099 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecb5',
    500: '#eee496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee496;
$custom-light: #f5ecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90936,
    "c": 0.09878,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE496

secondary

#5E6ACA

accent

#27D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE496

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

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