#EEEB99#EEEB99

#EEEB99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.103 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEB99
RGB	rgb(238, 235, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.64, -10.88, 40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.64, 41.64, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(92.41% -0.0292 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(92.41% 0.103 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.7188, 79.8952, 41.8268)
Luminance	0.7989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEB99 #999CEE

analogous

#EEC199 #EEEB99 #C7EE99

triadic

#EEEB99 #99EEEB #EB99EE

tetradic

#EEEB99 #99EEC1 #999CEE #EE99C7

square

#EEEB99 #99EEC1 #999CEE #EE99C7

split-complementary

#EEEB99 #99C7EE #C199EE

monochromatic

#DDD630 #E5E165 #EEEB99 #F7F5CD #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEEB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.98

#EEEB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEB99

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEB99	1.00	1.24	16.98	16.98
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeeb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 235, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.103 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f1b8',
    500: '#eeeb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeeb99;
$custom-light: #f4f1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeeb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.882,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9241,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEB99

secondary

#6165CA

accent

#19D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEB99

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

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