#EEE89A#EEE89A

#EEE89A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.099 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE89A
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 154)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 35.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.88, -9.27, 38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.88, 39.81, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.82% -0.0245 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(91.82% 0.099 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.9501, 78.2250, 41.9797)
Luminance	0.7822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE89A #9AA0EE

analogous

#EEBE9A #EEE89A #CAEE9A

triadic

#EEE89A #9AEEE8 #E89AEE

tetradic

#EEE89A #9AEEBE #9AA0EE #EE9ACA

square

#EEE89A #9AEEBE #9AA0EE #EE9ACA

split-complementary

#EEE89A #9ACAEE #BE9AEE

monochromatic

#DCD031 #E5DC66 #EEE89A #F7F4CE #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE89A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#EEE89A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE89A

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE89A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE89A	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)

#F5E394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee89a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.099 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efb8',
    500: '#eee89a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee89a;
$custom-light: #f4efb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee89a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91815,
    "c": 0.09855,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE89A

secondary

#6269CA

accent

#20D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE89A

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

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