#EEEA9C#EEEA9C

#EEEA9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.099 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA9C
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 156)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(57, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 34.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.43, -10.04, 38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.43, 39.71, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(92.26% -0.0266 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(92.26% 0.099 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.6842, 79.4245, 43.0530)
Luminance	0.7942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA9C #9CA0EE

analogous

#EEC19C #EEEA9C #C9EE9C

triadic

#EEEA9C #9CEEEA #EA9CEE

tetradic

#EEEA9C #9CEEC1 #9CA0EE #EE9CC9

square

#EEEA9C #9CEEC1 #9CA0EE #EE9CC9

split-complementary

#EEEA9C #9CC9EE #C19CEE

monochromatic

#DCD434 #E5DF68 #EEEA9C #F7F5D0 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#EEEA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA9C

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA9C	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)

#F7E496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.099 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0ba',
    500: '#eeea9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea9c;
$custom-light: #f4f0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92256,
    "c": 0.0985,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA9C

secondary

#6469CB

accent

#1CD313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA9C

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

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