#EEE993#EEE993

#EEE993 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.108 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE993
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 147)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(57, 38%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 38.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.04, -10.55, 42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.04, 43.69, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(91.9% -0.0286 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(91.9% 0.108 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.6663, 78.5632, 39.0924)
Luminance	0.7856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE993 #9398EE

analogous

#EEBB93 #EEE993 #C5EE93

triadic

#EEE993 #93EEE9 #E993EE

tetradic

#EEE993 #93EEBB #9398EE #EE93C5

square

#EEE993 #93EEBB #9398EE #EE93C5

split-complementary

#EEE993 #93C5EE #BB93EE

monochromatic

#DDD329 #E6DE5E #EEE993 #F6F4C8 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#EEE993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE993

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE993	1.00	1.26	16.71	16.71
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E38D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.108 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efb4',
    500: '#eee993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee993;
$custom-light: #f5efb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.703,
    "s": 72.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91904,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE993

secondary

#5B61CA

accent

#1BD511

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE993

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

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