#EEEC99#EEEC99

#EEEC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.104 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC99
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.90, -11.38, 40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.90, 42.09, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(92.61% -0.0306 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(92.61% 0.104 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.0059, 80.4694, 41.9225)
Luminance	0.8047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC99 #999BEE

analogous

#EEC299 #EEEC99 #C6EE99

triadic

#EEEC99 #99EEEC #EC99EE

tetradic

#EEEC99 #99EEC2 #999BEE #EE99C6

square

#EEEC99 #99EEC2 #999BEE #EE99C6

split-complementary

#EEEC99 #99C6EE #C299EE

monochromatic

#DDD830 #E5E265 #EEEC99 #F7F6CD #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.09

#EEEC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC99

17.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC99	1.00	1.23	17.09	17.09
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.104 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2b8',
    500: '#eeec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec99;
$custom-light: #f4f2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.588,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92614,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC99

secondary

#6163CA

accent

#17D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC99

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

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