#EEEC9E#EEEC9E

#EEEC9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.099 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC9E
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 158)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(59, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 33.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.97, -10.81, 38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.97, 39.63, 105.82°)
OKLab	oklab(92.7% -0.0287 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(92.7% 0.099 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.4276, 80.6380, 44.1431)
Luminance	0.8064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC9E #9EA0EE

analogous

#EEC49E #EEEC9E #C8EE9E

triadic

#EEEC9E #9EEEEC #EC9EEE

tetradic

#EEEC9E #9EEEC4 #9EA0EE #EE9EC8

square

#EEEC9E #9EEEC4 #9EA0EE #EE9EC8

split-complementary

#EEEC9E #9EC8EE #C49EEE

monochromatic

#DCD836 #E5E26A #EEEC9E #F7F6D2 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.13

#EEEC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC9E

17.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC9E	1.00	1.23	17.13	17.13
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAEAA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.099 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2bb',
    500: '#eeec9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec9e;
$custom-light: #f4f2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92698,
    "c": 0.0985,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC9E

secondary

#6668CB

accent

#18D213

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC9E

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

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