#EEE79F#EEE79F

#EEE79F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.092 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE79F
RGB	rgb(238, 231, 159)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 33.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.70, -8.19, 35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.70, 36.89, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(91.7% -0.0211 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(91.7% 0.092 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.0946, 77.8337, 44.1251)
Luminance	0.7783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE79F #9FA6EE

analogous

#EEC09F #EEE79F #CDEE9F

triadic

#EEE79F #9FEEE7 #E79FEE

tetradic

#EEE79F #9FEEC0 #9FA6EE #EE9FCD

square

#EEE79F #9FEEC0 #9FA6EE #EE9FCD

split-complementary

#EEE79F #9FCDEE #C09FEE

monochromatic

#DCCD37 #E5DA6B #EEE79F #F7F4D3 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#EEE79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE79F

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE79F	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 231, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.092 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eebc',
    500: '#eee79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee79f;
$custom-light: #f4eebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.684,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91699,
    "c": 0.09169,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE79F

secondary

#666FCB

accent

#24D214

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE79F

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

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