#EEE9BB#EEE9BB

#EEE9BB is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.060 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE9BB
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 187)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(54, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 21.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.70, -5.58, 23.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.70, 23.69, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(92.65% -0.0128 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(92.65% 0.06 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.3682, 80.0439, 58.5891)
Luminance	0.8004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE9BB #BBC0EE

analogous

#EECFBB #EEE9BB #D9EEBB

triadic

#EEE9BB #BBEEE9 #E9BBEE

tetradic

#EEE9BB #BBEECF #BBC0EE #EEBBD9

square

#EEE9BB #BBEECF #BBC0EE #EEBBD9

split-complementary

#EEE9BB #BBD9EE #CFBBEE

monochromatic

#D6C959 #E2D98A #EEE9BB #F9F7E7 #F9F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEE9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.01

#EEE9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE9BB

17.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE9BB	1.00	1.23	17.01	17.01
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E6B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.060 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0cf',
    500: '#eee9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee9bb;
$custom-light: #f4f0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92652,
    "c": 0.06011,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE9BB

secondary

#8189CC

accent

#2EC81E

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE9BB

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

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