#EEE8A1#EEE8A1

#EEE8A1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.090 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE8A1
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 161)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(55, 32%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 32.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.99, -8.46, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.99, 36.34, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(91.94% -0.0218 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(91.94% 0.09 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.5502, 78.4651, 45.1401)
Luminance	0.7846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE8A1 #A1A7EE

analogous

#EEC1A1 #EEE8A1 #CDEEA1

triadic

#EEE8A1 #A1EEE8 #E8A1EE

tetradic

#EEE8A1 #A1EEC1 #A1A7EE #EEA1CD

square

#EEE8A1 #A1EEC1 #A1A7EE #EEA1CD

split-complementary

#EEE8A1 #A1CDEE #C1A1EE

monochromatic

#DBCF39 #E5DB6D #EEE8A1 #F7F5D5 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#EEE8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE8A1

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE8A1	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)

#F4E39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.090 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efbd',
    500: '#eee8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee8a1;
$custom-light: #f4efbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.325,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91938,
    "c": 0.09047,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE8A1

secondary

#6870CB

accent

#23D114

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE8A1

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

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