#EEE8CD#EEE8CD

#EEE8CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.036 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE8CD
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 205)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(49, 14%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 13.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.82, -2.42, 13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.82, 14.08, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(92.86% -0.0042 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(92.86% 0.036 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.1350, 80.2990, 69.2869)
Luminance	0.8030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE8CD #CDD3EE

analogous

#EED8CD #EEE8CD #E4EECD

triadic

#EEE8CD #CDEEE8 #E8CDEE

tetradic

#EEE8CD #CDEED8 #CDD3EE #EECDE4

square

#EEE8CD #CDEED8 #CDD3EE #EECDE4

split-complementary

#EEE8CD #CDE4EE #D8CDEE

monochromatic

#CFBE72 #DED39F #EEE8CD #F7F4E8 #F7F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEE8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.06

#EEE8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE8CD

17.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE8CD	1.00	1.23	17.06	17.06
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEE6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 232, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.036 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efdc',
    500: '#eee8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee8cd;
$custom-light: #f3efdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 86.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92863,
    "c": 0.03622,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE8CD

secondary

#949ECB

accent

#44BD29

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE8CD

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

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