#EEEC9B#EEEC9B

#EEEC9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.102 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC9B
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 155)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 34.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.92, -11.15, 39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.92, 41.11, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(92.65% -0.0298 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(92.65% 0.102 107)
XYZ	xyz(71.1725, 80.5360, 42.7997)
Luminance	0.8054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC9B #9B9DEE

analogous

#EEC39B #EEEC9B #C7EE9B

triadic

#EEEC9B #9BEEEC #EC9BEE

tetradic

#EEEC9B #9BEEC3 #9B9DEE #EE9BC7

square

#EEEC9B #9BEEC3 #9B9DEE #EE9BC7

split-complementary

#EEEC9B #9BC7EE #C39BEE

monochromatic

#DCD832 #E5E267 #EEEC9B #F7F6CF #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.11

#EEEC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC9B

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC9B	1.00	1.23	17.11	17.11
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.102 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2b9',
    500: '#eeec9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec9b;
$custom-light: #f4f2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.554,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92647,
    "c": 0.10194,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.80535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC9B

secondary

#6365CA

accent

#17D313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC9B

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

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