#EEEA8D#EEEA8D

#EEEA8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.115 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA8D
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 141)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 40.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.21, -11.68, 45.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.21, 47.04, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(92.02% -0.0323 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(92.02% 0.115 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.4916, 78.9475, 36.7719)
Luminance	0.7895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA8D #8D91EE

analogous

#EEBA8D #EEEA8D #C2EE8D

triadic

#EEEA8D #8DEEEA #EA8DEE

tetradic

#EEEA8D #8DEEBA #8D91EE #EE8DC2

square

#EEEA8D #8DEEBA #8D91EE #EE8DC2

split-complementary

#EEEA8D #8DC2EE #BA8DEE

monochromatic

#DED622 #E6E058 #EEEA8D #F6F4C2 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEEA8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79

#EEEA8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA8D

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA8D	1.00	1.25	16.79	16.79
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.115 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f0b0',
    500: '#eeea8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea8d;
$custom-light: #f5f0b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.526,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92015,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA8D

secondary

#565BC9

accent

#18D60F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA8D

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

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