#EEE9CD#EEE9CD

#EEE9CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.037 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE9CD
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 205)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(51, 14%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 13.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.07, -2.93, 14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.07, 14.52, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(93.06% -0.0057 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(93.06% 0.037 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.4173, 80.8636, 69.3810)
Luminance	0.8086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE9CD #CDD2EE

analogous

#EED9CD #EEE9CD #E3EECD

triadic

#EEE9CD #CDEEE9 #E9CDEE

tetradic

#EEE9CD #CDEED9 #CDD2EE #EECDE3

square

#EEE9CD #CDEED9 #CDD2EE #EECDE3

split-complementary

#EEE9CD #CDE3EE #D9CDEE

monochromatic

#CFC172 #DED59F #EEE9CD #F7F5E8 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EEE9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.17

#EEE9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE9CD

17.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE9CD	1.00	1.22	17.17	17.17
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.037 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f0dc',
    500: '#eee9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee9cd;
$custom-light: #f3f0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 86.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93062,
    "c": 0.0373,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE9CD

secondary

#949DCB

accent

#3FBD29

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE9CD

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

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