#EEE899#EEE899

#EEE899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.100 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE899
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.87, -9.39, 39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.87, 40.30, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.8% -0.0249 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(91.8% 0.1 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.8672, 78.1919, 41.5429)
Luminance	0.7819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE899 #999FEE

analogous

#EEBE99 #EEE899 #CAEE99

triadic

#EEE899 #99EEE8 #E899EE

tetradic

#EEE899 #99EEBE #999FEE #EE99CA

square

#EEE899 #99EEBE #999FEE #EE99CA

split-complementary

#EEE899 #99CAEE #BE99EE

monochromatic

#DDD030 #E5DC65 #EEE899 #F7F4CD #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#EEE899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE899

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE899	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.100 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efb8',
    500: '#eee899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee899;
$custom-light: #f4efb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.765,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91798,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE899

secondary

#6168CA

accent

#20D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE899

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

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