#EEEC9C#EEEC9C

#EEEC9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.101 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC9C
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 156)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(59, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 34.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.94, -11.04, 39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.94, 40.62, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(92.66% -0.0294 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(92.66% 0.101 107)
XYZ	xyz(71.2568, 80.5697, 43.2439)
Luminance	0.8057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC9C #9C9EEE

analogous

#EEC39C #EEEC9C #C7EE9C

triadic

#EEEC9C #9CEEEC #EC9CEE

tetradic

#EEEC9C #9CEEC3 #9C9EEE #EE9CC7

square

#EEEC9C #9CEEC3 #9C9EEE #EE9CC7

split-complementary

#EEEC9C #9CC7EE #C39CEE

monochromatic

#DCD834 #E5E268 #EEEC9C #F7F6D0 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.11

#EEEC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC9C

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC9C	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)

#F9E696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAEA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.101 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2ba',
    500: '#eeec9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec9c;
$custom-light: #f4f2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92664,
    "c": 0.10079,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.80568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC9C

secondary

#6466CB

accent

#17D313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC9C

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

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