#EEE89F#EEE89F

#EEE89F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.093 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE89F
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 159)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 33.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.96, -8.70, 36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.96, 37.33, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.9% -0.0225 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(91.9% 0.093 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.3752, 78.3951, 44.2187)
Luminance	0.7839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE89F #9FA5EE

analogous

#EEC09F #EEE89F #CCEE9F

triadic

#EEE89F #9FEEE8 #E89FEE

tetradic

#EEE89F #9FEEC0 #9FA5EE #EE9FCC

square

#EEE89F #9FEEC0 #9FA5EE #EE9FCC

split-complementary

#EEE89F #9FCCEE #C09FEE

monochromatic

#DCCF37 #E5DC6B #EEE89F #F7F4D3 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE89F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#EEE89F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE89F

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE89F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE89F	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee89f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.093 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efbc',
    500: '#eee89f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee89f;
$custom-light: #f4efbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee89f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.443,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91902,
    "c": 0.09279,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE89F

secondary

#666ECB

accent

#22D214

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE89F

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

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