#EEE6AA#EEE6AA

#EEE6AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.078 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE6AA
RGB	rgb(238, 230, 170)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(53, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 28.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.63, -6.34, 30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.63, 30.94, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(91.7% -0.0153 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(91.7% 0.078 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.8128, 77.6745, 49.2848)
Luminance	0.7767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE6AA #AAB2EE

analogous

#EEC4AA #EEE6AA #D4EEAA

triadic

#EEE6AA #AAEEE6 #E6AAEE

tetradic

#EEE6AA #AAEEC4 #AAB2EE #EEAAD4

square

#EEE6AA #AAEEC4 #AAB2EE #EEAAD4

split-complementary

#EEE6AA #AAD4EE #C4AAEE

monochromatic

#DAC844 #E4D777 #EEE6AA #F8F5DD #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#EEE6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE6AA

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE6AA	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 230, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.078 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edc3',
    500: '#eee6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee6aa;
$custom-light: #f4edc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91701,
    "c": 0.0776,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE6AA

secondary

#717CCB

accent

#2DCF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE6AA

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

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