#EEE8A6#EEE8A6

#EEE8A6 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.085 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE8A6
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 166)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(55, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 30.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.07, -7.85, 32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.07, 33.84, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(92.03% -0.0198 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(92.03% 0.085 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.0000, 78.6450, 47.5088)
Luminance	0.7864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE8A6 #A6ACEE

analogous

#EEC4A6 #EEE8A6 #D0EEA6

triadic

#EEE8A6 #A6EEE8 #E8A6EE

tetradic

#EEE8A6 #A6EEC4 #A6ACEE #EEA6D0

square

#EEE8A6 #A6EEC4 #A6ACEE #EEA6D0

split-complementary

#EEE8A6 #A6D0EE #C4A6EE

monochromatic

#DACD3F #E4DB73 #EEE8A6 #F8F5D9 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#EEE8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE8A6

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE8A6	1.00	1.26	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E7A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.085 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efc1',
    500: '#eee8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee8a6;
$custom-light: #f4efc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92029,
    "c": 0.08458,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE8A6

secondary

#6D75CB

accent

#25D016

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE8A6

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

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