#EEE8A0#EEE8A0

#EEE8A0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.092 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE8A0
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 160)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 32.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.98, -8.58, 35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.98, 36.83, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(91.92% -0.0222 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(91.92% 0.092 104)
XYZ	xyz(70.4624, 78.4299, 44.6775)
Luminance	0.7843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE8A0 #A0A6EE

analogous

#EEC1A0 #EEE8A0 #CDEEA0

triadic

#EEE8A0 #A0EEE8 #E8A0EE

tetradic

#EEE8A0 #A0EEC1 #A0A6EE #EEA0CD

square

#EEE8A0 #A0EEC1 #A0A6EE #EEA0CD

split-complementary

#EEE8A0 #A0CDEE #C1A0EE

monochromatic

#DBCF38 #E5DB6C #EEE8A0 #F7F5D4 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#EEE8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE8A0

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE8A0	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.092 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efbc',
    500: '#eee8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee8a0;
$custom-light: #f4efbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 69.643,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9192,
    "c": 0.09163,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.78428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE8A0

secondary

#676FCB

accent

#22D214

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE8A0

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

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