#EEE8BD#EEE8BD

#EEE8BD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.056 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE8BD
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 189)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(53, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 20.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.49, -4.79, 21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.49, 22.22, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(92.5% -0.0106 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(92.5% 0.056 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.3015, 79.5656, 59.6305)
Luminance	0.7956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE8BD #BDC3EE

analogous

#EECFBD #EEE8BD #DBEEBD

triadic

#EEE8BD #BDEEE8 #E8BDEE

tetradic

#EEE8BD #BDEECF #BDC3EE #EEBDDB

square

#EEE8BD #BDEECF #BDC3EE #EEBDDB

split-complementary

#EEE8BD #BDDBEE #CFBDEE

monochromatic

#D5C65C #E1D78C #EEE8BD #F9F7E7 #F9F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEE8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.91

#EEE8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE8BD

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE8BD	1.00	1.24	16.91	16.91
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.056 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efd1',
    500: '#eee8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee8bd;
$custom-light: #f4efd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92495,
    "c": 0.05648,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE8BD

secondary

#838CCC

accent

#33C71F

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE8BD

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

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