#EEE5AE#EEE5AE

#EEE5AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.072 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE5AE
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 174)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(52, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 26.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.45, -5.32, 27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.45, 28.49, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(91.58% -0.0123 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(91.58% 0.072 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.9195, 77.2732, 51.2155)
Luminance	0.7727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE5AE #AEB7EE

analogous

#EEC5AE #EEE5AE #D7EEAE

triadic

#EEE5AE #AEEEE5 #E5AEEE

tetradic

#EEE5AE #AEEEC5 #AEB7EE #EEAED7

square

#EEE5AE #AEEEC5 #AEB7EE #EEAED7

split-complementary

#EEE5AE #AED7EE #C5AEEE

monochromatic

#D9C549 #E3D57B #EEE5AE #F9F5E1 #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#EEE5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE5AE

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE5AE	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DDD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.072 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edc6',
    500: '#eee5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee5ae;
$custom-light: #f4edc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91579,
    "c": 0.07169,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE5AE

secondary

#7581CB

accent

#32CD18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE5AE

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

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