#EEE8A9#EEE8A9

#EEE8A9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.081 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE8A9
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 169)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(55, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 29%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.12, -7.48, 31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.12, 32.33, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(92.09% -0.0186 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(92.09% 0.081 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.2784, 78.7563, 48.9751)
Luminance	0.7875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE8A9 #A9AFEE

analogous

#EEC6A9 #EEE8A9 #D1EEA9

triadic

#EEE8A9 #A9EEE8 #E8A9EE

tetradic

#EEE8A9 #A9EEC6 #A9AFEE #EEA9D1

square

#EEE8A9 #A9EEC6 #A9AFEE #EEA9D1

split-complementary

#EEE8A9 #A9D1EE #C6A9EE

monochromatic

#DACD43 #E4DA76 #EEE8A9 #F8F6DC #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEE8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#EEE8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE8A9

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE8A9	1.00	1.25	16.75	16.75
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E3A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E7AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.081 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efc3',
    500: '#eee8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee8a9;
$custom-light: #f4efc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92086,
    "c": 0.081,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE8A9

secondary

#7078CB

accent

#27CF17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE8A9

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

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