#EEE199#EEE199

#EEE199 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.092 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE199
RGB	rgb(238, 225, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.08, -5.87, 36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.08, 37.33, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(90.38% -0.0148 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(90.38% 0.092 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.9359, 74.3293, 40.8991)
Luminance	0.7433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE199 #99A6EE

analogous

#EEB799 #EEE199 #D1EE99

triadic

#EEE199 #99EEE1 #E199EE

tetradic

#EEE199 #99EEB7 #99A6EE #EE99D1

square

#EEE199 #99EEB7 #99A6EE #EE99D1

split-complementary

#EEE199 #99D1EE #B799EE

monochromatic

#DDC230 #E5D265 #EEE199 #F7F0CD #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EEE199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#EEE199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE199

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE199	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 225, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.092 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eab7',
    500: '#eee199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee199;
$custom-light: #f4eab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.824,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90381,
    "c": 0.09231,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE199

secondary

#6171CA

accent

#30D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE199

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

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