#EEED96#EEED96

#EEED96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.109 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEED96
RGB	rgb(238, 237, 150)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.11, -12.21, 42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.11, 44.02, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(92.77% -0.0332 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(92.77% 0.109 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.0500, 80.9489, 40.7302)
Luminance	0.8095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEED96 #9697EE

analogous

#EEC196 #EEED96 #C3EE96

triadic

#EEED96 #96EEED #ED96EE

tetradic

#EEED96 #96EEC1 #9697EE #EE96C3

square

#EEED96 #96EEC1 #9697EE #EE96C3

split-complementary

#EEED96 #96C3EE #C196EE

monochromatic

#DDDB2D #E5E461 #EEED96 #F7F6CB #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EEED96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.19

#EEED96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEED96

17.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEED96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEED96	1.00	1.22	17.19	17.19
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE68F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeed96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 237, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.109 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2b6',
    500: '#eeed96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeed96;
$custom-light: #f5f2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeed96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.318,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92769,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEED96

secondary

#5E5FCA

accent

#14D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEED96

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

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