#EEE79E#EEE79E

#EEE79E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.093 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE79E
RGB	rgb(238, 231, 158)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(55, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 33.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.69, -8.31, 36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.69, 37.39, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(91.68% -0.0215 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(91.68% 0.093 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.0081, 77.7992, 43.6700)
Luminance	0.7780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE79E #9EA5EE

analogous

#EEBF9E #EEE79E #CDEE9E

triadic

#EEE79E #9EEEE7 #E79EEE

tetradic

#EEE79E #9EEEBF #9EA5EE #EE9ECD

square

#EEE79E #9EEEBF #9EA5EE #EE9ECD

split-complementary

#EEE79E #9ECDEE #BF9EEE

monochromatic

#DCCD36 #E5DA6A #EEE79E #F7F4D2 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#EEE79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE79E

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE79E	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 231, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.093 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eebb',
    500: '#eee79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee79e;
$custom-light: #f4eebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.75,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91682,
    "c": 0.09285,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE79E

secondary

#666ECB

accent

#24D213

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE79E

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

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