#EEE997#EEE997

#EEE997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.103 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE997
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 151)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 36.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.09, -10.11, 40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.09, 41.73, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(91.97% -0.0271 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(91.97% 0.103 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.9857, 78.6909, 40.7743)
Luminance	0.7869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE997 #979CEE

analogous

#EEBE97 #EEE997 #C8EE97

triadic

#EEE997 #97EEE9 #E997EE

tetradic

#EEE997 #97EEBE #979CEE #EE97C8

square

#EEE997 #97EEBE #979CEE #EE97C8

split-complementary

#EEE997 #97C8EE #BE97EE

monochromatic

#DDD32E #E5DE62 #EEE997 #F7F4CC #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEE997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.74

#EEE997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE997

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE997	1.00	1.25	16.74	16.74
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.103 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efb6',
    500: '#eee997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee997;
$custom-light: #f5efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.552,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91969,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE997

secondary

#5F65CA

accent

#1DD412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE997

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

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