#EEEE96#EEEE96

#EEEE96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.815; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.110 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEE96
RGB	rgb(238, 238, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(60, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.37, -12.70, 42.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.37, 44.47, 106.60°)
OKLab	oklab(92.97% -0.0346 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(92.97% 0.11 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.3403, 81.5296, 40.8269)
Luminance	0.8153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEE96 #9696EE

analogous

#EEC296 #EEEE96 #C2EE96

triadic

#EEEE96 #96EEEE #EE96EE

tetradic

#EEEE96 #96EEC2 #9696EE #EE96C2

square

#EEEE96 #96EEC2 #9696EE #EE96C2

split-complementary

#EEEE96 #96C2EE #C296EE

monochromatic

#DDDD2D #E5E561 #EEEE96 #F7F7CB #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EEEE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.31

#EEEE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEE96

17.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEE96	1.00	1.21	17.31	17.31
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE78F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeee96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 238, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.110 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f3b6',
    500: '#eeee96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeee96;
$custom-light: #f5f3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeee96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92974,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.81528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEE96

secondary

#5E5ECA

accent

#11D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEE96

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

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