#EEE49D#EEE49D

#EEE49D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.091 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE49D
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 157)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 34%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.91, -6.92, 35.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.91, 36.59, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(91.06% -0.0176 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(91.06% 0.091 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.0900, 76.1000, 42.9410)
Luminance	0.7610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE49D #9DA7EE

analogous

#EEBC9D #EEE49D #CFEE9D

triadic

#EEE49D #9DEEE4 #E49DEE

tetradic

#EEE49D #9DEEBC #9DA7EE #EE9DCF

square

#EEE49D #9DEEBC #9DA7EE #EE9DCF

split-complementary

#EEE49D #9DCFEE #BC9DEE

monochromatic

#DCC735 #E5D669 #EEE49D #F7F2D1 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EEE49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#EEE49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE49D

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE49D	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.091 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ecba',
    500: '#eee49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee49d;
$custom-light: #f4ecba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.593,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91057,
    "c": 0.09078,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE49D

secondary

#6571CB

accent

#2BD213

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE49D

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

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