#EEEEB9#EEEEB9

#EEEEB9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.828; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.069 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEEB9
RGB	rgb(238, 238, 185)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(60, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 22.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.94, -8.37, 25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.94, 27.08, 108.01°)
OKLab	oklab(93.62% -0.0208 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(93.62% 0.069 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.5911, 82.8299, 57.9479)
Luminance	0.8283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEEB9 #B9B9EE

analogous

#EED3B9 #EEEEB9 #D3EEB9

triadic

#EEEEB9 #B9EEEE #EEB9EE

tetradic

#EEEEB9 #B9EED3 #B9B9EE #EEB9D3

square

#EEEEB9 #B9EED3 #B9B9EE #EEB9D3

split-complementary

#EEEEB9 #B9D3EE #D3B9EE

monochromatic

#D6D657 #E2E288 #EEEEB9 #F9F9E6 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#EEEEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.57

#EEEEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEEB9

17.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEEB9	1.00	1.20	17.57	17.57
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E9B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8ECBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E7E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeeeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 238, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.069 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f3ce',
    500: '#eeeeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeeeb9;
$custom-light: #f4f3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeeeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93617,
    "c": 0.06859,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.82829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEEB9

secondary

#7F7FCC

accent

#1DC91D

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171713

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEEB9

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

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