#EEEA99#EEEA99

#EEEA99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.102 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEA99
RGB	rgb(238, 234, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(57, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.38, -10.38, 39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.38, 41.19, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(92.21% -0.0278 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(92.21% 0.102 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.4333, 79.3242, 41.7316)
Luminance	0.7932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEA99 #999DEE

analogous

#EEC099 #EEEA99 #C8EE99

triadic

#EEEA99 #99EEEA #EA99EE

tetradic

#EEEA99 #99EEC0 #999DEE #EE99C8

square

#EEEA99 #99EEC0 #999DEE #EE99C8

split-complementary

#EEEA99 #99C8EE #C099EE

monochromatic

#DDD430 #E5DF65 #EEEA99 #F7F5CD #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EEEA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.86

#EEEA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEA99

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEA99	1.00	1.25	16.86	16.86
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeea99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 234, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.102 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0b8',
    500: '#eeea99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeea99;
$custom-light: #f4f0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeea99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.176,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92206,
    "c": 0.10191,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEA99

secondary

#6166CA

accent

#1BD312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEA99

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

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