#EEE6AE#EEE6AE

#EEE6AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.073 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE6AE
RGB	rgb(238, 230, 174)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(53, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 26.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.70, -5.83, 28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.70, 28.93, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(91.78% -0.0137 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(91.78% 0.073 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.1970, 77.8282, 51.3080)
Luminance	0.7783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE6AE #AEB6EE

analogous

#EEC6AE #EEE6AE #D6EEAE

triadic

#EEE6AE #AEEEE6 #E6AEEE

tetradic

#EEE6AE #AEEEC6 #AEB6EE #EEAED6

square

#EEE6AE #AEEEC6 #AEB6EE #EEAED6

split-complementary

#EEE6AE #AED6EE #C6AEEE

monochromatic

#D9C749 #E3D67B #EEE6AE #F9F6E1 #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#EEE6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE6AE

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE6AE	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DED7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 230, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.073 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edc6',
    500: '#eee6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee6ae;
$custom-light: #f4edc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9178,
    "c": 0.07277,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE6AE

secondary

#7580CB

accent

#2FCD18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE6AE

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

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