#EEEA97#EEEA97

#EEEA97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.104 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA97
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 151)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 36.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.35, -10.61, 40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.35, 42.17, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(92.17% -0.0285 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(92.17% 0.104 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.2695, 79.2587, 40.8689)
Luminance	0.7926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA97 #979BEE

analogous

#EEBF97 #EEEA97 #C7EE97

triadic

#EEEA97 #97EEEA #EA97EE

tetradic

#EEEA97 #97EEBF #979BEE #EE97C7

square

#EEEA97 #97EEBF #979BEE #EE97C7

split-complementary

#EEEA97 #97C7EE #BF97EE

monochromatic

#DDD52E #E5DF62 #EEEA97 #F7F5CC #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEEA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#EEEA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA97

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA97	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)

#F7E491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.104 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f0b6',
    500: '#eeea97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea97;
$custom-light: #f5f0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.241,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92173,
    "c": 0.10417,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA97

secondary

#5F64CA

accent

#1AD412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA97

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

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