Palegoldenrod#EEE8AA

#EEE8AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.080 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Palegoldenrod — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#EEE8AA
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 170)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(55, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 28.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.14, -7.35, 30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.14, 31.83, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(92.11% -0.0182 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(92.11% 0.08 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.3726, 78.7940, 49.4714)
Luminance	0.7879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE8AA #AAB0EE

analogous

#EEC6AA #EEE8AA #D2EEAA

triadic

#EEE8AA #AAEEE8 #E8AAEE

tetradic

#EEE8AA #AAEEC6 #AAB0EE #EEAAD2

square

#EEE8AA #AAEEC6 #AAB0EE #EEAAD2

split-complementary

#EEE8AA #AAD2EE #C6AAEE

monochromatic

#DACC44 #E4DA77 #EEE8AA #F8F6DD #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEE8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#EEE8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE8AA

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE8AA	1.00	1.25	16.76	16.76
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E4A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.080 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efc3',
    500: '#eee8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee8aa;
$custom-light: #f4efc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92105,
    "c": 0.0798,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE8AA

secondary

#7179CB

accent

#27CF17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE8AA

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

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