#EEE299#EEE299

#EEE299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.093 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE299
RGB	rgb(238, 226, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.33, -6.38, 37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.33, 37.74, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(90.58% -0.0162 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(90.58% 0.093 100)
XYZ	xyz(68.2070, 74.8716, 40.9895)
Luminance	0.7487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE299 #99A5EE

analogous

#EEB899 #EEE299 #D0EE99

triadic

#EEE299 #99EEE2 #E299EE

tetradic

#EEE299 #99EEB8 #99A5EE #EE99D0

square

#EEE299 #99EEB8 #99A5EE #EE99D0

split-complementary

#EEE299 #99D0EE #B899EE

monochromatic

#DDC430 #E5D365 #EEE299 #F7F1CD #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#EEE299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE299

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE299	1.00	1.31	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 226, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.093 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ebb8',
    500: '#eee299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee299;
$custom-light: #f4ebb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.529,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90583,
    "c": 0.09331,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.7487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE299

secondary

#6170CA

accent

#2DD312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE299

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

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