#EEE8A5#EEE8A5

#EEE8A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.086 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE8A5
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 165)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(55, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 30.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.06, -7.97, 33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.06, 34.34, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(92.01% -0.0202 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(92.01% 0.086 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.9086, 78.6084, 47.0276)
Luminance	0.7861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE8A5 #A5ABEE

analogous

#EEC4A5 #EEE8A5 #D0EEA5

triadic

#EEE8A5 #A5EEE8 #E8A5EE

tetradic

#EEE8A5 #A5EEC4 #A5ABEE #EEA5D0

square

#EEE8A5 #A5EEC4 #A5ABEE #EEA5D0

split-complementary

#EEE8A5 #A5D0EE #C4A5EE

monochromatic

#DBCE3E #E4DB72 #EEE8A5 #F8F5D8 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#EEE8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE8A5

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE8A5	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E3A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E7A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.086 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efc0',
    500: '#eee8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee8a5;
$custom-light: #f4efc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.068,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92011,
    "c": 0.08577,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE8A5

secondary

#6C74CB

accent

#25D015

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE8A5

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

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