#EEE89E#EEE89E

#EEE89E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.094 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE89E
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 158)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 33.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.94, -8.81, 36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.94, 37.83, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.88% -0.023 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(91.88% 0.094 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.2888, 78.3605, 43.7635)
Luminance	0.7836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE89E #9EA4EE

analogous

#EEC09E #EEE89E #CCEE9E

triadic

#EEE89E #9EEEE8 #E89EEE

tetradic

#EEE89E #9EEEC0 #9EA4EE #EE9ECC

square

#EEE89E #9EEEC0 #9EA4EE #EE9ECC

split-complementary

#EEE89E #9ECCEE #C09EEE

monochromatic

#DCCF36 #E5DC6A #EEE89E #F7F4D2 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#EEE89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE89E

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE89E	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)

#F5E399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.094 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efbb',
    500: '#eee89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee89e;
$custom-light: #f4efbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91884,
    "c": 0.09396,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE89E

secondary

#666DCB

accent

#22D213

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE89E

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

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