#EEEA96#EEEA96

#EEEA96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.105 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA96
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.34, -10.72, 41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.34, 42.66, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(92.16% -0.0289 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(92.16% 0.105 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.1887, 79.2263, 40.4431)
Luminance	0.7923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA96 #969AEE

analogous

#EEBE96 #EEEA96 #C6EE96

triadic

#EEEA96 #96EEEA #EA96EE

tetradic

#EEEA96 #96EEBE #969AEE #EE96C6

square

#EEEA96 #96EEBE #969AEE #EE96C6

split-complementary

#EEEA96 #96C6EE #BE96EE

monochromatic

#DDD52D #E5DF61 #EEEA96 #F7F5CB #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEEA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#EEEA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA96

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA96	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.105 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f0b6',
    500: '#eeea96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea96;
$custom-light: #f5f0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92156,
    "c": 0.10529,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA96

secondary

#5E63CA

accent

#1AD411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA96

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

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