#EEEA9B#EEEA9B

#EEEA9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.100 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA9B
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 155)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(57, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 34.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.41, -10.16, 38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.41, 40.21, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(92.24% -0.027 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(92.24% 0.1 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.5999, 79.3908, 42.6089)
Luminance	0.7939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA9B #9B9FEE

analogous

#EEC09B #EEEA9B #C9EE9B

triadic

#EEEA9B #9BEEEA #EA9BEE

tetradic

#EEEA9B #9BEEC0 #9B9FEE #EE9BC9

square

#EEEA9B #9BEEC0 #9B9FEE #EE9BC9

split-complementary

#EEEA9B #9BC9EE #C09BEE

monochromatic

#DCD432 #E5DF67 #EEEA9B #F7F5CF #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEA9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#EEEA9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA9B

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA9B	1.00	1.24	16.88	16.88
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.100 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0b9',
    500: '#eeea9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea9b;
$custom-light: #f4f0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.108,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92239,
    "c": 0.09964,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA9B

secondary

#6368CA

accent

#1CD313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA9B

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

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