#EEE4AC#EEE4AC

#EEE4AC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.073 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE4AC
RGB	rgb(238, 228, 172)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 27.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.16, -5.08, 28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.16, 29.07, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(91.34% -0.0116 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(91.34% 0.073 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.4501, 76.6440, 50.1043)
Luminance	0.7664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE4AC #ACB6EE

analogous

#EEC3AC #EEE4AC #D7EEAC

triadic

#EEE4AC #ACEEE4 #E4ACEE

tetradic

#EEE4AC #ACEEC3 #ACB6EE #EEACD7

square

#EEE4AC #ACEEC3 #ACB6EE #EEACD7

split-complementary

#EEE4AC #ACD7EE #C3ACEE

monochromatic

#D9C346 #E4D379 #EEE4AC #F8F5DF #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EEE4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#EEE4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE4AC

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE4AC	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 228, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.073 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ecc5',
    500: '#eee4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee4ac;
$custom-light: #f4ecc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91338,
    "c": 0.07305,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE4AC

secondary

#7380CB

accent

#33CE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE4AC

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

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