#EEE990#EEE990

#EEE990 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.111 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE990
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 144)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(57, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 39.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.99, -10.87, 43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.99, 45.15, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(91.86% -0.0298 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(91.86% 0.111 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.4340, 78.4702, 37.8688)
Luminance	0.7847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE990 #9095EE

analogous

#EEBA90 #EEE990 #C4EE90

triadic

#EEE990 #90EEE9 #E990EE

tetradic

#EEE990 #90EEBA #9095EE #EE90C4

square

#EEE990 #90EEBA #9095EE #EE90C4

split-complementary

#EEE990 #90C4EE #BA90EE

monochromatic

#DED426 #E6DE5B #EEE990 #F6F4C5 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#EEE990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE990

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE990	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.111 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efb2',
    500: '#eee990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee990;
$custom-light: #f5efb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.809,
    "s": 73.438,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91857,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE990

secondary

#595FCA

accent

#1AD610

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE990

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

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