#EEE796#EEE796

#EEE796 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.102 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE796
RGB	rgb(238, 231, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.57, -9.22, 40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.57, 41.35, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(91.55% -0.0246 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(91.55% 0.102 104)
XYZ	xyz(69.3418, 77.5326, 40.1608)
Luminance	0.7753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE796 #969DEE

analogous

#EEBB96 #EEE796 #C9EE96

triadic

#EEE796 #96EEE7 #E796EE

tetradic

#EEE796 #96EEBB #969DEE #EE96C9

square

#EEE796 #96EEBB #969DEE #EE96C9

split-complementary

#EEE796 #96C9EE #BB96EE

monochromatic

#DDCF2D #E5DB61 #EEE796 #F7F3CB #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#EEE796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE796

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE796	1.00	1.27	16.51	16.51
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 231, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.102 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eeb6',
    500: '#eee796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee796;
$custom-light: #f5eeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.227,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91545,
    "c": 0.10198,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.77531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE796

secondary

#5E67CA

accent

#21D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE796

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

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