#EEEA9F#EEEA9F

#EEEA9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.095 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA9F
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 159)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(57, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 33.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.47, -9.69, 36.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.47, 38.23, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(92.31% -0.0254 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(92.31% 0.095 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.9414, 79.5274, 44.4074)
Luminance	0.7953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA9F #9FA3EE

analogous

#EEC29F #EEEA9F #CAEE9F

triadic

#EEEA9F #9FEEEA #EA9FEE

tetradic

#EEEA9F #9FEEC2 #9FA3EE #EE9FCA

square

#EEEA9F #9FEEC2 #9FA3EE #EE9FCA

split-complementary

#EEEA9F #9FCAEE #C29FEE

monochromatic

#DCD337 #E5DF6B #EEEA9F #F7F5D3 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.91

#EEEA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA9F

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA9F	1.00	1.24	16.91	16.91
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E8A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.095 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0bc',
    500: '#eeea9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea9f;
$custom-light: #f4f0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.962,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92308,
    "c": 0.09505,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA9F

secondary

#666CCB

accent

#1DD214

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA9F

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

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