#EEEC9D#EEEC9D

#EEEC9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.100 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC9D
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 157)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(59, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 34%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.96, -10.92, 38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.96, 40.13, 105.80°)
OKLab	oklab(92.68% -0.0291 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(92.68% 0.1 107)
XYZ	xyz(71.3419, 80.6037, 43.6916)
Luminance	0.8060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC9D #9D9FEE

analogous

#EEC49D #EEEC9D #C7EE9D

triadic

#EEEC9D #9DEEEC #EC9DEE

tetradic

#EEEC9D #9DEEC4 #9D9FEE #EE9DC7

square

#EEEC9D #9DEEC4 #9D9FEE #EE9DC7

split-complementary

#EEEC9D #9DC7EE #C49DEE

monochromatic

#DCD835 #E5E269 #EEEC9D #F7F6D1 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.12

#EEEC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC9D

17.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC9D	1.00	1.23	17.12	17.12
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAEAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.100 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2ba',
    500: '#eeec9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec9d;
$custom-light: #f4f2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.519,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92681,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.80602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC9D

secondary

#6567CB

accent

#18D213

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC9D

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

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