#EEE89D#EEE89D

#EEE89D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.095 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE89D
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 157)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 34%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.93, -8.93, 37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.93, 38.33, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.87% -0.0233 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(91.87% 0.095 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.2031, 78.3262, 43.3121)
Luminance	0.7833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE89D #9DA3EE

analogous

#EEC09D #EEE89D #CBEE9D

triadic

#EEE89D #9DEEE8 #E89DEE

tetradic

#EEE89D #9DEEC0 #9DA3EE #EE9DCB

square

#EEE89D #9DEEC0 #9DA3EE #EE9DCB

split-complementary

#EEE89D #9DCBEE #C09DEE

monochromatic

#DCD035 #E5DC69 #EEE89D #F7F4D1 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE89D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#EEE89D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE89D

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE89D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE89D	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee89d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.095 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efba',
    500: '#eee89d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee89d;
$custom-light: #f4efba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee89d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91867,
    "c": 0.09511,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE89D

secondary

#656CCB

accent

#21D213

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE89D

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

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