#EEE5AA#EEE5AA

#EEE5AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.077 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE5AA
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 170)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 28.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.38, -5.84, 29.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.38, 30.51, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(91.5% -0.0139 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(91.5% 0.077 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.5353, 77.1195, 49.1923)
Luminance	0.7712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE5AA #AAB3EE

analogous

#EEC3AA #EEE5AA #D5EEAA

triadic

#EEE5AA #AAEEE5 #E5AAEE

tetradic

#EEE5AA #AAEEC3 #AAB3EE #EEAAD5

square

#EEE5AA #AAEEC3 #AAB3EE #EEAAD5

split-complementary

#EEE5AA #AAD5EE #C3AAEE

monochromatic

#DAC644 #E4D577 #EEE5AA #F8F5DD #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#EEE5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE5AA

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE5AA	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E5AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.077 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edc3',
    500: '#eee5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee5aa;
$custom-light: #f4edc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.915,
    "c": 0.07652,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE5AA

secondary

#717DCB

accent

#2FCF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE5AA

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

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