#EEE697#EEE697

#EEE697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.100 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE697
RGB	rgb(238, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(54, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 36.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.32, -8.61, 39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.32, 40.42, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(91.36% -0.0228 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(91.36% 0.1 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.1436, 77.0068, 40.4936)
Luminance	0.7701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE697 #979FEE

analogous

#EEBB97 #EEE697 #CBEE97

triadic

#EEE697 #97EEE6 #E697EE

tetradic

#EEE697 #97EEBB #979FEE #EE97CB

square

#EEE697 #97EEBB #979FEE #EE97CB

split-complementary

#EEE697 #97CBEE #BB97EE

monochromatic

#DDCD2E #E5D962 #EEE697 #F7F3CC #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#EEE697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE697

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE697	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.100 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edb6',
    500: '#eee697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee697;
$custom-light: #f5edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.483,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91359,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE697

secondary

#5F69CA

accent

#23D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE697

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

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