#EEEA9A#EEEA9A

#EEEA9A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.101 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA9A
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 154)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(57, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 35.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.40, -10.27, 39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.40, 40.70, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(92.22% -0.0274 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(92.22% 0.101 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.5163, 79.3574, 42.1684)
Luminance	0.7936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA9A #9A9EEE

analogous

#EEC09A #EEEA9A #C8EE9A

triadic

#EEEA9A #9AEEEA #EA9AEE

tetradic

#EEEA9A #9AEEC0 #9A9EEE #EE9AC8

square

#EEEA9A #9AEEC0 #9A9EEE #EE9AC8

split-complementary

#EEEA9A #9AC8EE #C09AEE

monochromatic

#DCD431 #E5DF66 #EEEA9A #F7F5CE #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEA9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.87

#EEEA9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA9A

16.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA9A	1.00	1.24	16.87	16.87
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.101 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0b8',
    500: '#eeea9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea9a;
$custom-light: #f4f0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92222,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA9A

secondary

#6267CA

accent

#1BD312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA9A

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

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