#EEEB8B#EEEB8B

#EEEB8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.118 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEB8B
RGB	rgb(238, 235, 139)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 41.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.44, -12.38, 46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.44, 48.44, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(92.19% -0.0345 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(92.19% 0.118 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.6296, 79.4595, 36.0904)
Luminance	0.7946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEB8B #8B8EEE

analogous

#EEBA8B #EEEB8B #C0EE8B

triadic

#EEEB8B #8BEEEB #EB8BEE

tetradic

#EEEB8B #8BEEBA #8B8EEE #EE8BC0

square

#EEEB8B #8BEEBA #8B8EEE #EE8BC0

split-complementary

#EEEB8B #8BC0EE #BA8BEE

monochromatic

#DED821 #E6E256 #EEEB8B #F6F4C0 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.89

#EEEB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEB8B

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEB8B	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)

#FAE483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeeb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 235, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.118 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f1ae',
    500: '#eeeb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeeb8b;
$custom-light: #f5f1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeeb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9219,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEB8B

secondary

#5458C9

accent

#15D70F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEB8B

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

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