#EEE9AA#EEE9AA

#EEE9AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.081 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE9AA
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 170)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(56, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 28.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.40, -7.85, 31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.40, 32.28, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(92.31% -0.0196 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(92.31% 0.081 104)
XYZ	xyz(71.6549, 79.3586, 49.5655)
Luminance	0.7936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE9AA #AAAFEE

analogous

#EEC7AA #EEE9AA #D1EEAA

triadic

#EEE9AA #AAEEE9 #E9AAEE

tetradic

#EEE9AA #AAEEC7 #AAAFEE #EEAAD1

square

#EEE9AA #AAEEC7 #AAAFEE #EEAAD1

split-complementary

#EEE9AA #AAD1EE #C7AAEE

monochromatic

#DACF44 #E4DC77 #EEE9AA #F8F6DD #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEE9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.87

#EEE9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE9AA

16.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE9AA	1.00	1.24	16.87	16.87
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E4A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.081 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0c3',
    500: '#eee9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee9aa;
$custom-light: #f4f0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92307,
    "c": 0.08094,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.79357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE9AA

secondary

#7178CB

accent

#24CF17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE9AA

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

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