#EEE99B#EEE99B

#EEE99B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.099 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE99B
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 155)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 34.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.15, -9.66, 38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.15, 39.76, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(92.04% -0.0255 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(92.04% 0.099 105)
XYZ	xyz(70.3160, 78.8230, 42.5142)
Luminance	0.7882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE99B #9BA0EE

analogous

#EEC09B #EEE99B #C9EE9B

triadic

#EEE99B #9BEEE9 #E99BEE

tetradic

#EEE99B #9BEEC0 #9BA0EE #EE9BC9

square

#EEE99B #9BEEC0 #9BA0EE #EE9BC9

split-complementary

#EEE99B #9BC9EE #C09BEE

monochromatic

#DCD232 #E5DD67 #EEE99B #F7F5CF #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEE99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#EEE99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE99B

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE99B	1.00	1.25	16.76	16.76
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.099 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efb9',
    500: '#eee99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee99b;
$custom-light: #f4efb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.386,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92036,
    "c": 0.09852,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.78822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE99B

secondary

#6369CA

accent

#1ED313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE99B

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

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