#EEE797#EEE797

#EEE797 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.101 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE797
RGB	rgb(238, 231, 151)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 36.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.58, -9.11, 39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.58, 40.85, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(91.56% -0.0242 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(91.56% 0.101 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.4227, 77.5650, 40.5867)
Luminance	0.7756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE797 #979EEE

analogous

#EEBC97 #EEE797 #CAEE97

triadic

#EEE797 #97EEE7 #E797EE

tetradic

#EEE797 #97EEBC #979EEE #EE97CA

square

#EEE797 #97EEBC #979EEE #EE97CA

split-complementary

#EEE797 #97CAEE #BC97EE

monochromatic

#DDCF2E #E5DB62 #EEE797 #F7F3CC #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#EEE797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE797

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE797	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)

#F4E291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 231, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.101 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eeb6',
    500: '#eee797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee797;
$custom-light: #f5eeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.172,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91562,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE797

secondary

#5F68CA

accent

#21D412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE797

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

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