#EEE699#EEE699

#EEE699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.098 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE699
RGB	rgb(238, 230, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(54, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.35, -8.39, 38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.35, 39.43, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(91.39% -0.022 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(91.39% 0.098 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.3074, 77.0723, 41.3563)
Luminance	0.7707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE699 #99A1EE

analogous

#EEBC99 #EEE699 #CCEE99

triadic

#EEE699 #99EEE6 #E699EE

tetradic

#EEE699 #99EEBC #99A1EE #EE99CC

square

#EEE699 #99EEBC #99A1EE #EE99CC

split-complementary

#EEE699 #99CCEE #BC99EE

monochromatic

#DDCC30 #E5D965 #EEE699 #F7F3CD #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EEE699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#EEE699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE699

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE699	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 230, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.098 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edb8',
    500: '#eee699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee699;
$custom-light: #f4edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.353,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91392,
    "c": 0.0975,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE699

secondary

#616BCA

accent

#24D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE699

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

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