#EEEAA9#EEEAA9

#EEEAA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.083 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEAA9
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 169)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(57, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 29%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.63, -8.48, 32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.63, 33.24, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(92.49% -0.0215 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(92.49% 0.083 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.8445, 79.8887, 49.1638)
Luminance	0.7989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEAA9 #A9ADEE

analogous

#EEC8A9 #EEEAA9 #CFEEA9

triadic

#EEEAA9 #A9EEEA #EAA9EE

tetradic

#EEEAA9 #A9EEC8 #A9ADEE #EEA9CF

square

#EEEAA9 #A9EEC8 #A9ADEE #EEA9CF

split-complementary

#EEEAA9 #A9CFEE #C8A9EE

monochromatic

#DAD143 #E4DE76 #EEEAA9 #F8F6DC #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.98

#EEEAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEAA9

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEAA9	1.00	1.24	16.98	16.98
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E5A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E9AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeeaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.083 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0c3',
    500: '#eeeaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeeaa9;
$custom-light: #f4f0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeeaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9249,
    "c": 0.08328,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEAA9

secondary

#7075CB

accent

#21CF17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEAA9

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

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