#EEEA8B#EEEA8B

#EEEA8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.117 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA8B
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 139)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 41.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.18, -11.88, 46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.18, 48.00, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(91.99% -0.0331 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(91.99% 0.117 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.3442, 78.8885, 35.9952)
Luminance	0.7889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA8B #8B8FEE

analogous

#EEB98B #EEEA8B #C1EE8B

triadic

#EEEA8B #8BEEEA #EA8BEE

tetradic

#EEEA8B #8BEEB9 #8B8FEE #EE8BC1

square

#EEEA8B #8BEEB9 #8B8FEE #EE8BC1

split-complementary

#EEEA8B #8BC1EE #B98BEE

monochromatic

#DED621 #E6E056 #EEEA8B #F6F4C0 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEEA8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#EEEA8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA8B

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA8B	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.117 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f0ae',
    500: '#eeea8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea8b;
$custom-light: #f5f0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.576,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91985,
    "c": 0.1173,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA8B

secondary

#5459C9

accent

#17D70F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA8B

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

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