#EEED99#EEED99

#EEED99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.105 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEED99
RGB	rgb(238, 237, 153)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.15, -11.87, 40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.15, 42.55, 106.20°)
OKLab	oklab(92.82% -0.032 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(92.82% 0.105 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.2947, 81.0468, 42.0187)
Luminance	0.8105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEED99 #999AEE

analogous

#EEC399 #EEED99 #C5EE99

triadic

#EEED99 #99EEED #ED99EE

tetradic

#EEED99 #99EEC3 #999AEE #EE99C5

square

#EEED99 #99EEC3 #999AEE #EE99C5

split-complementary

#EEED99 #99C5EE #C399EE

monochromatic

#DDDA30 #E5E465 #EEED99 #F7F6CD #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EEED99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.21

#EEED99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEED99

17.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEED99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEED99	1.00	1.22	17.21	17.21
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeed99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 237, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.105 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2b8',
    500: '#eeed99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeed99;
$custom-light: #f4f2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeed99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.294,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92818,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEED99

secondary

#6162CA

accent

#14D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEED99

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

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