#EEE49A#EEE49A

#EEE49A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.094 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE49A
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 154)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 35.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.86, -7.27, 37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.86, 38.08, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(91% -0.0187 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(91% 0.094 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.8370, 75.9988, 41.6086)
Luminance	0.7600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE49A #9AA4EE

analogous

#EEBA9A #EEE49A #CEEE9A

triadic

#EEE49A #9AEEE4 #E49AEE

tetradic

#EEE49A #9AEEBA #9AA4EE #EE9ACE

square

#EEE49A #9AEEBA #9AA4EE #EE9ACE

split-complementary

#EEE49A #9ACEEE #BA9AEE

monochromatic

#DCC831 #E5D666 #EEE49A #F7F2CE #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EEE49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#EEE49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE49A

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE49A	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.094 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ecb8',
    500: '#eee49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee49a;
$custom-light: #f4ecb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91004,
    "c": 0.09423,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE49A

secondary

#626ECA

accent

#29D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE49A

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

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