#EEE89C#EEE89C

#EEE89C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.096 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE89C
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 156)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 34.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.91, -9.04, 37.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.91, 38.82, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.85% -0.0237 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(91.85% 0.096 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.1181, 78.2922, 42.8643)
Luminance	0.7829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE89C #9CA2EE

analogous

#EEBF9C #EEE89C #CBEE9C

triadic

#EEE89C #9CEEE8 #E89CEE

tetradic

#EEE89C #9CEEBF #9CA2EE #EE9CCB

square

#EEE89C #9CEEBF #9CA2EE #EE9CCB

split-complementary

#EEE89C #9CCBEE #BF9CEE

monochromatic

#DCD034 #E5DC68 #EEE89C #F7F4D0 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE89C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.66

#EEE89C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE89C

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE89C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE89C	1.00	1.26	16.66	16.66
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.096 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efba',
    500: '#eee89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee89c;
$custom-light: #f4efba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9185,
    "c": 0.09626,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE89C

secondary

#646BCB

accent

#21D313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE89C

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

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