#EEEAA6#EEEAA6

#EEEAA6 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.087 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEAA6
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 166)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(57, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 30.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.58, -8.85, 33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.58, 34.74, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(92.43% -0.0227 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(92.43% 0.087 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.5661, 79.7773, 47.6975)
Luminance	0.7978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEAA6 #A6AAEE

analogous

#EEC6A6 #EEEAA6 #CEEEA6

triadic

#EEEAA6 #A6EEEA #EAA6EE

tetradic

#EEEAA6 #A6EEC6 #A6AAEE #EEA6CE

square

#EEEAA6 #A6EEC6 #A6AAEE #EEA6CE

split-complementary

#EEEAA6 #A6CEEE #C6A6EE

monochromatic

#DAD23F #E4DE73 #EEEAA6 #F8F6D9 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#EEEAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEAA6

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEAA6	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E5A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E8A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeeaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.087 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0c1',
    500: '#eeeaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeeaa6;
$custom-light: #f4f0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeeaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92434,
    "c": 0.08685,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEAA6

secondary

#6D72CB

accent

#20D016

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEAA6

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

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