#EEED97#EEED97

#EEED97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.108 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEED97
RGB	rgb(238, 237, 151)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 36.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.12, -12.10, 41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.12, 43.53, 106.14°)
OKLab	oklab(92.79% -0.0328 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(92.79% 0.108 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.1309, 80.9813, 41.1560)
Luminance	0.8098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEED97 #9798EE

analogous

#EEC297 #EEED97 #C4EE97

triadic

#EEED97 #97EEED #ED97EE

tetradic

#EEED97 #97EEC2 #9798EE #EE97C4

square

#EEED97 #97EEC2 #9798EE #EE97C4

split-complementary

#EEED97 #97C4EE #C297EE

monochromatic

#DDDB2E #E5E462 #EEED97 #F7F6CC #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EEED97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.20

#EEED97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEED97

17.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEED97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEED97	1.00	1.22	17.20	17.20
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeed97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 237, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.108 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2b6',
    500: '#eeed97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeed97;
$custom-light: #f5f2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeed97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.31,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92786,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.8098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEED97

secondary

#5F60CA

accent

#14D412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEED97

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

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