#EEEA9E#EEEA9E

#EEEA9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.096 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA9E
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 158)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(57, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 33.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.46, -9.81, 37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.46, 38.72, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(92.29% -0.0258 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(92.29% 0.096 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.8550, 79.4928, 43.9523)
Luminance	0.7949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA9E #9EA2EE

analogous

#EEC29E #EEEA9E #CAEE9E

triadic

#EEEA9E #9EEEEA #EA9EEE

tetradic

#EEEA9E #9EEEC2 #9EA2EE #EE9ECA

square

#EEEA9E #9EEEC2 #9EA2EE #EE9ECA

split-complementary

#EEEA9E #9ECAEE #C29EEE

monochromatic

#DCD336 #E5DF6A #EEEA9E #F7F5D2 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#EEEA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA9E

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA9E	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.096 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0bb',
    500: '#eeea9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea9e;
$custom-light: #f4f0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92291,
    "c": 0.09621,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA9E

secondary

#666BCB

accent

#1DD213

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA9E

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

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