#EEE799#EEE799

#EEE799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.099 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE799
RGB	rgb(238, 231, 153)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.61, -8.89, 38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.61, 39.87, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(91.6% -0.0235 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(91.6% 0.099 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.5865, 77.6305, 41.4493)
Luminance	0.7763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE799 #99A0EE

analogous

#EEBD99 #EEE799 #CBEE99

triadic

#EEE799 #99EEE7 #E799EE

tetradic

#EEE799 #99EEBD #99A0EE #EE99CB

square

#EEE799 #99EEBD #99A0EE #EE99CB

split-complementary

#EEE799 #99CBEE #BD99EE

monochromatic

#DDCE30 #E5DB65 #EEE799 #F7F3CD #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EEE799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#EEE799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE799

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE799	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 231, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.099 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eeb8',
    500: '#eee799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee799;
$custom-light: #f4eeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.059,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91595,
    "c": 0.09858,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE799

secondary

#616ACA

accent

#22D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE799

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

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