#EEE49E#EEE49E

#EEE49E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.090 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE49E
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 158)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(53, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 33.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.92, -6.80, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.92, 36.09, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(91.07% -0.0172 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(91.07% 0.09 101)
XYZ	xyz(69.1757, 76.1342, 43.3925)
Luminance	0.7613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE49E #9EA8EE

analogous

#EEBC9E #EEE49E #D0EE9E

triadic

#EEE49E #9EEEE4 #E49EEE

tetradic

#EEE49E #9EEEBC #9EA8EE #EE9ED0

square

#EEE49E #9EEEBC #9EA8EE #EE9ED0

split-complementary

#EEE49E #9ED0EE #BC9EEE

monochromatic

#DCC736 #E5D66A #EEE49E #F7F2D2 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EEE49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#EEE49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE49E

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE49E	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.090 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ecbb',
    500: '#eee49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee49e;
$custom-light: #f4ecbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91075,
    "c": 0.08963,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.76133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE49E

secondary

#6672CB

accent

#2BD213

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE49E

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

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