#EEE989#EEE989

#EEE989 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.118 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE989
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 137)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 42.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.90, -11.59, 47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.90, 48.53, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(91.75% -0.0324 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(91.75% 0.118 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.9155, 78.2628, 35.1380)
Luminance	0.7826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE989 #898EEE

analogous

#EEB689 #EEE989 #C0EE89

triadic

#EEE989 #89EEE9 #E989EE

tetradic

#EEE989 #89EEB6 #898EEE #EE89C0

square

#EEE989 #89EEB6 #898EEE #EE89C0

split-complementary

#EEE989 #89C0EE #B689EE

monochromatic

#DDD320 #E6DF54 #EEE989 #F6F3BE #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#EEE989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE989

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE989	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE78D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.118 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efad',
    500: '#eee989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee989;
$custom-light: #f5efad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.03,
    "s": 74.815,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91751,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE989

secondary

#5258C9

accent

#18D70F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE989

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

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