#EEE99E#EEE99E

#EEE99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.095 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE99E
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 158)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 33.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.20, -9.31, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.20, 38.27, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(92.09% -0.0244 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(92.09% 0.095 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.5711, 78.9251, 43.8576)
Luminance	0.7892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE99E #9EA3EE

analogous

#EEC19E #EEE99E #CBEE9E

triadic

#EEE99E #9EEEE9 #E99EEE

tetradic

#EEE99E #9EEEC1 #9EA3EE #EE9ECB

square

#EEE99E #9EEEC1 #9EA3EE #EE9ECB

split-complementary

#EEE99E #9ECBEE #C19EEE

monochromatic

#DCD136 #E5DD6A #EEE99E #F7F5D2 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEE99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#EEE99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE99E

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE99E	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)

#F6E499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.095 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efbb',
    500: '#eee99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee99e;
$custom-light: #f4efbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92088,
    "c": 0.09507,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE99E

secondary

#666CCB

accent

#1FD213

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE99E

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

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