#EEEB96#EEEB96

#EEEB96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.106 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEB96
RGB	rgb(238, 235, 150)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(58, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.59, -11.22, 41.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.59, 43.11, 105.08°)
OKLab	oklab(92.36% -0.0303 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(92.36% 0.106 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.4742, 79.7973, 40.5382)
Luminance	0.7980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEB96 #9699EE

analogous

#EEBF96 #EEEB96 #C5EE96

triadic

#EEEB96 #96EEEB #EB96EE

tetradic

#EEEB96 #96EEBF #9699EE #EE96C5

square

#EEEB96 #96EEBF #9699EE #EE96C5

split-complementary

#EEEB96 #96C5EE #BF96EE

monochromatic

#DDD72D #E5E161 #EEEB96 #F7F5CB #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#EEEB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEB96

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEB96	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)

#F8E590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeeb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 235, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.106 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f1b6',
    500: '#eeeb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeeb96;
$custom-light: #f5f1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeeb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.955,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9236,
    "c": 0.10642,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEB96

secondary

#5E62CA

accent

#18D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEB96

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

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