#EEE99D#EEE99D

#EEE99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.096 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE99D
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 157)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 34%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.18, -9.43, 37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.18, 38.77, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(92.07% -0.0248 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(92.07% 0.096 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.4854, 78.8908, 43.4061)
Luminance	0.7889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE99D #9DA2EE

analogous

#EEC09D #EEE99D #CBEE9D

triadic

#EEE99D #9DEEE9 #E99DEE

tetradic

#EEE99D #9DEEC0 #9DA2EE #EE9DCB

square

#EEE99D #9DEEC0 #9DA2EE #EE9DCB

split-complementary

#EEE99D #9DCBEE #C09DEE

monochromatic

#DCD235 #E5DD69 #EEE99D #F7F5D1 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEE99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#EEE99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE99D

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE99D	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.096 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efba',
    500: '#eee99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee99d;
$custom-light: #f4efba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.296,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9207,
    "c": 0.09622,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE99D

secondary

#656BCB

accent

#1FD213

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE99D

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

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