#EEE8A8#EEE8A8

#EEE8A8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.082 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE8A8
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 168)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(55, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 29.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.11, -7.60, 31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.11, 32.84, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(92.07% -0.019 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(92.07% 0.082 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.1848, 78.7189, 48.4826)
Luminance	0.7872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE8A8 #A8AEEE

analogous

#EEC5A8 #EEE8A8 #D1EEA8

triadic

#EEE8A8 #A8EEE8 #E8A8EE

tetradic

#EEE8A8 #A8EEC5 #A8AEEE #EEA8D1

square

#EEE8A8 #A8EEC5 #A8AEEE #EEA8D1

split-complementary

#EEE8A8 #A8D1EE #C5A8EE

monochromatic

#DACD42 #E4DA75 #EEE8A8 #F8F6DB #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEE8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.74

#EEE8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE8A8

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE8A8	1.00	1.25	16.74	16.74
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.082 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efc2',
    500: '#eee8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee8a8;
$custom-light: #f4efc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92067,
    "c": 0.08221,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE8A8

secondary

#6F77CB

accent

#26CF16

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE8A8

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

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