#EEE99F#EEE99F

#EEE99F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.094 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE99F
RGB	rgb(238, 233, 159)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(56, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 33.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.22, -9.20, 36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.22, 37.78, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(92.11% -0.024 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(92.11% 0.094 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.6575, 78.9596, 44.3128)
Luminance	0.7896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE99F #9FA4EE

analogous

#EEC29F #EEE99F #CBEE9F

triadic

#EEE99F #9FEEE9 #E99FEE

tetradic

#EEE99F #9FEEC2 #9FA4EE #EE9FCB

square

#EEE99F #9FEEC2 #9FA4EE #EE9FCB

split-complementary

#EEE99F #9FCBEE #C29FEE

monochromatic

#DCD137 #E5DD6B #EEE99F #F7F5D3 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEE99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79

#EEE99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE99F

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE99F	1.00	1.25	16.79	16.79
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E8A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 233, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.094 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efbc',
    500: '#eee99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee99f;
$custom-light: #f4efbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.203,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92105,
    "c": 0.09392,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE99F

secondary

#666DCB

accent

#20D214

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE99F

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

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