#EEEC9F#EEEC9F

#EEEC9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.097 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEC9F
RGB	rgb(238, 236, 159)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 33.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.99, -10.69, 37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.99, 39.14, 105.85°)
OKLab	oklab(92.72% -0.0283 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(92.72% 0.097 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.5140, 80.6726, 44.5983)
Luminance	0.8067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEC9F #9FA1EE

analogous

#EEC49F #EEEC9F #C8EE9F

triadic

#EEEC9F #9FEEEC #EC9FEE

tetradic

#EEEC9F #9FEEC4 #9FA1EE #EE9FC8

square

#EEEC9F #9FEEC4 #9FA1EE #EE9FC8

split-complementary

#EEEC9F #9FC8EE #C49FEE

monochromatic

#DCD737 #E5E26B #EEEC9F #F7F6D3 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEEC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.13

#EEEC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEC9F

17.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEC9F	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)

#F8E69A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAEAA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeec9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 236, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.097 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2bc',
    500: '#eeec9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeec9f;
$custom-light: #f4f2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeec9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.481,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92716,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEC9F

secondary

#6669CB

accent

#18D214

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEC9F

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

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