#EEE9CB#EEE9CB

#EEE9CB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.040 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE9CB
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 203)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(51, 15%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 14.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.03, -3.24, 15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.03, 15.54, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(93.01% -0.0065 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(93.01% 0.04 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.1774, 80.7676, 68.1177)
Luminance	0.8077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE9CB #CBD0EE

analogous

#EED8CB #EEE9CB #E2EECB

triadic

#EEE9CB #CBEEE9 #E9CBEE

tetradic

#EEE9CB #CBEED8 #CBD0EE #EECBE2

square

#EEE9CB #CBEED8 #CBD0EE #EECBE2

split-complementary

#EEE9CB #CBE2EE #D8CBEE

monochromatic

#D0C26F #DFD59D #EEE9CB #F7F5E8 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EEE9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.15

#EEE9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE9CB

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE9CB	1.00	1.22	17.15	17.15
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.040 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f0da',
    500: '#eee9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee9cb;
$custom-light: #f3f0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93014,
    "c": 0.03986,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE9CB

secondary

#929ACB

accent

#3DBE27

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE9CB

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

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