#EEE99C#EEE99C

#EEE99C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.097 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE99C
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 156)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 34.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.17, -9.54, 38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.17, 39.27, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(92.05% -0.0252 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(92.05% 0.097 105)
XYZ	xyz(70.4004, 78.8568, 42.9584)
Luminance	0.7885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE99C #9CA1EE

analogous

#EEC09C #EEE99C #CAEE9C

triadic

#EEE99C #9CEEE9 #E99CEE

tetradic

#EEE99C #9CEEC0 #9CA1EE #EE9CCA

square

#EEE99C #9CEEC0 #9CA1EE #EE9CCA

split-complementary

#EEE99C #9CCAEE #C09CEE

monochromatic

#DCD234 #E5DD68 #EEE99C #F7F5D0 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEE99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#EEE99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE99C

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE99C	1.00	1.25	16.77	16.77
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.097 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efba',
    500: '#eee99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee99c;
$custom-light: #f4efba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.341,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92053,
    "c": 0.09738,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.78855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE99C

secondary

#646ACB

accent

#1ED313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE99C

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

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