#EEEC9A#EEEC9A

#EEEC9A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.103 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC9A
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 154)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 35.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.91, -11.27, 40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.91, 41.60, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(92.63% -0.0302 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(92.63% 0.103 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.0889, 80.5026, 42.3593)
Luminance	0.8050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC9A #9A9CEE

analogous

#EEC29A #EEEC9A #C6EE9A

triadic

#EEEC9A #9AEEEC #EC9AEE

tetradic

#EEEC9A #9AEEC2 #9A9CEE #EE9AC6

square

#EEEC9A #9AEEC2 #9A9CEE #EE9AC6

split-complementary

#EEEC9A #9AC6EE #C29AEE

monochromatic

#DCD831 #E5E266 #EEEC9A #F7F6CE #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEC9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.10

#EEEC9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC9A

17.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC9A	1.00	1.23	17.10	17.10
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.103 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2b8',
    500: '#eeec9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec9a;
$custom-light: #f4f2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9263,
    "c": 0.10306,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC9A

secondary

#6264CA

accent

#17D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC9A

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

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