#EEE8A4#EEE8A4

#EEE8A4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.087 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE8A4
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 164)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(55, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 31.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.04, -8.10, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.04, 34.84, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(91.99% -0.0206 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(91.99% 0.087 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.8179, 78.5722, 46.5501)
Luminance	0.7857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE8A4 #A4AAEE

analogous

#EEC3A4 #EEE8A4 #CFEEA4

triadic

#EEE8A4 #A4EEE8 #E8A4EE

tetradic

#EEE8A4 #A4EEC3 #A4AAEE #EEA4CF

square

#EEE8A4 #A4EEC3 #A4AAEE #EEA4CF

split-complementary

#EEE8A4 #A4CFEE #C3A4EE

monochromatic

#DBCE3D #E4DB70 #EEE8A4 #F8F5D8 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#EEE8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE8A4

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE8A4	1.00	1.26	16.71	16.71
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E7A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.087 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efbf',
    500: '#eee8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee8a4;
$custom-light: #f4efbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91992,
    "c": 0.08694,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE8A4

secondary

#6B73CB

accent

#24D015

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE8A4

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

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