#EEE89B#EEE89B

#EEE89B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.097 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE89B
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 155)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 34.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.90, -9.16, 38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.90, 39.32, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.83% -0.0241 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(91.83% 0.097 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.0337, 78.2585, 42.4201)
Luminance	0.7826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE89B #9BA1EE

analogous

#EEBF9B #EEE89B #CAEE9B

triadic

#EEE89B #9BEEE8 #E89BEE

tetradic

#EEE89B #9BEEBF #9BA1EE #EE9BCA

square

#EEE89B #9BEEBF #9BA1EE #EE9BCA

split-complementary

#EEE89B #9BCAEE #BF9BEE

monochromatic

#DCD032 #E5DC67 #EEE89B #F7F4CF #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE89B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#EEE89B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE89B

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE89B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE89B	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee89b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.097 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efb9',
    500: '#eee89b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee89b;
$custom-light: #f4efb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee89b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.663,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91832,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE89B

secondary

#636ACA

accent

#20D313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE89B

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

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