#EEE995#EEE995

#EEE995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.105 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE995
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 149)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 37.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.06, -10.33, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.06, 42.71, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(91.94% -0.0279 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(91.94% 0.105 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.8246, 78.6265, 39.9262)
Luminance	0.7863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE995 #959AEE

analogous

#EEBC95 #EEE995 #C6EE95

triadic

#EEE995 #95EEE9 #E995EE

tetradic

#EEE995 #95EEBC #959AEE #EE95C6

square

#EEE995 #95EEBC #959AEE #EE95C6

split-complementary

#EEE995 #95C6EE #BC95EE

monochromatic

#DDD32C #E6DE60 #EEE995 #F6F4CA #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EEE995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#EEE995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE995

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE995	1.00	1.26	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E38F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.105 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efb5',
    500: '#eee995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee995;
$custom-light: #f5efb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.629,
    "s": 72.358,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91936,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE995

secondary

#5D63CA

accent

#1CD411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE995

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

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