#EEEE97#EEEE97

#EEEE97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.109 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEE97
RGB	rgb(238, 238, 151)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(60, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 36.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.38, -12.59, 42.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.38, 43.99, 106.63°)
OKLab	oklab(92.99% -0.0342 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(92.99% 0.109 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.4212, 81.5620, 41.2528)
Luminance	0.8156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEE97 #9797EE

analogous

#EEC397 #EEEE97 #C3EE97

triadic

#EEEE97 #97EEEE #EE97EE

tetradic

#EEEE97 #97EEC3 #9797EE #EE97C3

square

#EEEE97 #97EEC3 #9797EE #EE97C3

split-complementary

#EEEE97 #97C3EE #C397EE

monochromatic

#DDDD2E #E5E562 #EEEE97 #F7F7CC #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EEEE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.31

#EEEE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEE97

17.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEE97	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)

#FBE791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeee97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 238, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.109 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f3b6',
    500: '#eeee97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeee97;
$custom-light: #f5f3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeee97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9299,
    "c": 0.10875,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.81561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEE97

secondary

#5F5FCA

accent

#12D412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEE97

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

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