#EEE79D#EEE79D

#EEE79D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.094 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE79D
RGB	rgb(238, 231, 157)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 34%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.67, -8.43, 36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.67, 37.88, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(91.66% -0.0219 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(91.66% 0.094 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.9224, 77.7649, 43.2185)
Luminance	0.7776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE79D #9DA4EE

analogous

#EEBF9D #EEE79D #CCEE9D

triadic

#EEE79D #9DEEE7 #E79DEE

tetradic

#EEE79D #9DEEBF #9DA4EE #EE9DCC

square

#EEE79D #9DEEBF #9DA4EE #EE9DCC

split-complementary

#EEE79D #9DCCEE #BF9DEE

monochromatic

#DCCD35 #E5DA69 #EEE79D #F7F4D1 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#EEE79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE79D

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE79D	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 231, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.094 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eeba',
    500: '#eee79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee79d;
$custom-light: #f4eeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.815,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91664,
    "c": 0.09401,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE79D

secondary

#656DCB

accent

#24D213

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE79D

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

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