#EEEB9F#EEEB9F

#EEEB9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.096 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEB9F
RGB	rgb(238, 235, 159)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 33.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.73, -10.19, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.73, 38.68, 105.28°)
OKLab	oklab(92.51% -0.0268 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(92.51% 0.096 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.2269, 80.0984, 44.5026)
Luminance	0.8010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEB9F #9FA2EE

analogous

#EEC49F #EEEB9F #C9EE9F

triadic

#EEEB9F #9FEEEB #EB9FEE

tetradic

#EEEB9F #9FEEC4 #9FA2EE #EE9FC9

square

#EEEB9F #9FEEC4 #9FA2EE #EE9FC9

split-complementary

#EEEB9F #9FC9EE #C49FEE

monochromatic

#DCD537 #E5E06B #EEEB9F #F7F6D3 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.02

#EEEB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEB9F

17.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEB9F	1.00	1.23	17.02	17.02
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeeb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 235, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.096 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f1bc',
    500: '#eeeb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeeb9f;
$custom-light: #f4f1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeeb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.722,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92512,
    "c": 0.09619,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.80097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEB9F

secondary

#666ACB

accent

#1BD214

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEB9F

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

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