#EEE79A#EEE79A

#EEE79A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.097 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE79A
RGB	rgb(238, 231, 154)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 35.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.63, -8.77, 38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.63, 39.37, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(91.61% -0.0231 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(91.61% 0.097 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.6694, 77.6637, 41.8861)
Luminance	0.7766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE79A #9AA1EE

analogous

#EEBD9A #EEE79A #CBEE9A

triadic

#EEE79A #9AEEE7 #E79AEE

tetradic

#EEE79A #9AEEBD #9AA1EE #EE9ACB

square

#EEE79A #9AEEBD #9AA1EE #EE9ACB

split-complementary

#EEE79A #9ACBEE #BD9AEE

monochromatic

#DCCE31 #E5DB66 #EEE79A #F7F3CE #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#EEE79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE79A

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE79A	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)

#F4E294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 231, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.097 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eeb8',
    500: '#eee79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee79a;
$custom-light: #f4eeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91612,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE79A

secondary

#626BCA

accent

#22D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE79A

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

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