#EEEA9D#EEEA9D

#EEEA9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.097 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA9D
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 157)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(57, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 34%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.44, -9.93, 37.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.44, 39.22, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(92.27% -0.0262 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(92.27% 0.097 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.7693, 79.4586, 43.5008)
Luminance	0.7946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA9D #9DA1EE

analogous

#EEC19D #EEEA9D #CAEE9D

triadic

#EEEA9D #9DEEEA #EA9DEE

tetradic

#EEEA9D #9DEEC1 #9DA1EE #EE9DCA

square

#EEEA9D #9DEEC1 #9DA1EE #EE9DCA

split-complementary

#EEEA9D #9DCAEE #C19DEE

monochromatic

#DCD435 #E5DF69 #EEEA9D #F7F5D1 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.89

#EEEA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA9D

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA9D	1.00	1.24	16.89	16.89
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.097 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0ba',
    500: '#eeea9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea9d;
$custom-light: #f4f0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.037,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92274,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA9D

secondary

#656ACB

accent

#1DD213

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA9D

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

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