#EEE498#EEE498

#EEE498 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.097 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE498
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 152)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 36.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -7.50, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 39.07, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(90.97% -0.0195 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(90.97% 0.097 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.6718, 75.9327, 40.7387)
Luminance	0.7593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE498 #98A2EE

analogous

#EEB998 #EEE498 #CDEE98

triadic

#EEE498 #98EEE4 #E498EE

tetradic

#EEE498 #98EEB9 #98A2EE #EE98CD

square

#EEE498 #98EEB9 #98A2EE #EE98CD

split-complementary

#EEE498 #98CDEE #B998EE

monochromatic

#DDC82F #E5D663 #EEE498 #F7F2CD #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EEE498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#EEE498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE498

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE498	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.097 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ecb7',
    500: '#eee498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee498;
$custom-light: #f4ecb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 71.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9097,
    "c": 0.09651,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE498

secondary

#606CCA

accent

#28D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE498

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

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