#EEE9CC#EEE9CC

#EEE9CC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.039 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE9CC
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 204)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(51, 14%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 14.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.05, -3.08, 14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.05, 15.03, 101.84°)
OKLab	oklab(93.04% -0.0061 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(93.04% 0.039 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.2970, 80.8154, 68.7473)
Luminance	0.8082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE9CC #CCD1EE

analogous

#EED8CC #EEE9CC #E2EECC

triadic

#EEE9CC #CCEEE9 #E9CCEE

tetradic

#EEE9CC #CCEED8 #CCD1EE #EECCE2

square

#EEE9CC #CCEED8 #CCD1EE #EECCE2

split-complementary

#EEE9CC #CCE2EE #D8CCEE

monochromatic

#CFC170 #DFD59E #EEE9CC #F7F5E8 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EEE9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.16

#EEE9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE9CC

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE9CC	1.00	1.22	17.16	17.16
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.039 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f0db',
    500: '#eee9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee9cc;
$custom-light: #f3f0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 86.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93038,
    "c": 0.03858,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE9CC

secondary

#939BCB

accent

#3EBD28

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE9CC

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

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