#EEEE99#EEEE99

#EEEE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.107 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEE99
RGB	rgb(238, 238, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(60, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.41, -12.37, 41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.41, 43.01, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(93.02% -0.0334 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(93.02% 0.107 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.5850, 81.6275, 42.1155)
Luminance	0.8163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEE99 #9999EE

analogous

#EEC499 #EEEE99 #C4EE99

triadic

#EEEE99 #99EEEE #EE99EE

tetradic

#EEEE99 #99EEC4 #9999EE #EE99C4

square

#EEEE99 #99EEC4 #9999EE #EE99C4

split-complementary

#EEEE99 #99C4EE #C499EE

monochromatic

#DDDD30 #E5E565 #EEEE99 #F7F7CD #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EEEE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.33

#EEEE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEE99

17.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEE99	1.00	1.21	17.33	17.33
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEB9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E4D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeee99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 238, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.107 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f3b8',
    500: '#eeee99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeee99;
$custom-light: #f4f3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeee99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93023,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.81626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEE99

secondary

#6161CA

accent

#12D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEE99

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

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