#EEE599#EEE599

#EEE599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.096 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE599
RGB	rgb(238, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(54, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.10, -7.89, 38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.10, 39.00, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(91.19% -0.0206 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(91.19% 0.096 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.0299, 76.5174, 41.2638)
Luminance	0.7652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE599 #99A2EE

analogous

#EEBB99 #EEE599 #CDEE99

triadic

#EEE599 #99EEE5 #E599EE

tetradic

#EEE599 #99EEBB #99A2EE #EE99CD

square

#EEE599 #99EEBB #99A2EE #EE99CD

split-complementary

#EEE599 #99CDEE #BB99EE

monochromatic

#DDCA30 #E5D865 #EEE599 #F7F2CD #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EEE599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#EEE599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE599

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE599	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.096 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edb8',
    500: '#eee599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee599;
$custom-light: #f4edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.647,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9119,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE599

secondary

#616CCA

accent

#27D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE599

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

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