#EEE896#EEE896

#EEE896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.103 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE896
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.82, -9.72, 40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.82, 41.78, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(91.75% -0.0261 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(91.75% 0.103 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.6225, 78.0940, 40.2543)
Luminance	0.7809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE896 #969CEE

analogous

#EEBC96 #EEE896 #C8EE96

triadic

#EEE896 #96EEE8 #E896EE

tetradic

#EEE896 #96EEBC #969CEE #EE96C8

square

#EEE896 #96EEBC #969CEE #EE96C8

split-complementary

#EEE896 #96C8EE #BC96EE

monochromatic

#DDD12D #E5DC61 #EEE896 #F7F4CB #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.62

#EEE896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE896

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE896	1.00	1.26	16.62	16.62
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.103 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efb6',
    500: '#eee896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee896;
$custom-light: #f5efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91749,
    "c": 0.10307,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE896

secondary

#5E65CA

accent

#1FD411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE896

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

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