#EEE8A2#EEE8A2

#EEE8A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.089 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE8A2
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 162)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(55, 32%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 31.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.01, -8.34, 34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.01, 35.84, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(91.96% -0.0214 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(91.96% 0.089 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.6387, 78.5005, 45.6064)
Luminance	0.7850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE8A2 #A2A8EE

analogous

#EEC2A2 #EEE8A2 #CEEEA2

triadic

#EEE8A2 #A2EEE8 #E8A2EE

tetradic

#EEE8A2 #A2EEC2 #A2A8EE #EEA2CE

square

#EEE8A2 #A2EEC2 #A2A8EE #EEA2CE

split-complementary

#EEE8A2 #A2CEEE #C2A2EE

monochromatic

#DBCE3B #E5DB6E #EEE8A2 #F7F5D6 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#EEE8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE8A2

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE8A2	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.089 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efbe',
    500: '#eee8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee8a2;
$custom-light: #f4efbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91956,
    "c": 0.08929,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE8A2

secondary

#6971CB

accent

#23D114

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE8A2

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

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