#EEE8BE#EEE8BE

#EEE8BE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.055 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE8BE
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 190)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(53, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 20.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.51, -4.65, 21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.51, 21.71, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(92.52% -0.0102 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(92.52% 0.055 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(73.4104, 79.6092, 60.2041)
Luminance	0.7961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE8BE #BEC4EE

analogous

#EED0BE #EEE8BE #DCEEBE

triadic

#EEE8BE #BEEEE8 #E8BEEE

tetradic

#EEE8BE #BEEED0 #BEC4EE #EEBEDC

square

#EEE8BE #BEEED0 #BEC4EE #EEBEDC

split-complementary

#EEE8BE #BEDCEE #D0BEEE

monochromatic

#D5C65D #E1D78D #EEE8BE #F9F6E7 #F9F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEE8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.92

#EEE8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE8BE

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE8BE	1.00	1.24	16.92	16.92
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.055 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efd1',
    500: '#eee8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee8be;
$custom-light: #f4efd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92517,
    "c": 0.05522,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE8BE

secondary

#848DCC

accent

#34C61F

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE8BE

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

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