#EEE994#EEE994

#EEE994 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.106 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE994
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 148)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 38%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 37.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.05, -10.44, 41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.05, 43.20, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(91.92% -0.0283 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(91.92% 0.106 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.7451, 78.5947, 39.5075)
Luminance	0.7859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE994 #9499EE

analogous

#EEBC94 #EEE994 #C6EE94

triadic

#EEE994 #94EEE9 #E994EE

tetradic

#EEE994 #94EEBC #9499EE #EE94C6

square

#EEE994 #94EEBC #9499EE #EE94C6

split-complementary

#EEE994 #94C6EE #BC94EE

monochromatic

#DDD32A #E6DE5F #EEE994 #F6F4C9 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#EEE994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE994

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE994	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E38E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.106 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efb4',
    500: '#eee994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee994;
$custom-light: #f5efb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 72.581,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9192,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE994

secondary

#5C62CA

accent

#1CD511

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE994

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

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