#FFEE8A#FFEE8A

#FFEE8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.842; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.122 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEE8A
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 138)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 46%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 45.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.56, -7.33, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.56, 50.77, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(94.19% -0.0209 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(94.19% 0.122 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(76.4040, 84.2466, 36.2764)
Luminance	0.8424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEE8A #8A9BFF

analogous

#FFB48A #FFEE8A #D6FF8A

triadic

#FFEE8A #8AFFEE #EE8AFF

tetradic

#FFEE8A #8AFFB4 #8A9BFF #FF8AD6

square

#FFEE8A #8AFFB4 #8A9BFF #FF8AD6

split-complementary

#FFEE8A #8AD6FF #B48AFF

monochromatic

#FFDC10 #FFE54D #FFEE8A #FFF7C7 #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFEE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.85

#FFEE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEE8A

17.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEE8A	1.00	1.18	17.85	17.85
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffee8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.122 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff3ae',
    500: '#ffee8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffee8a;
$custom-light: #fff3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffee8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.282,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94194,
    "c": 0.12245,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.84244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEE8A

secondary

#4E63E0

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEE8A

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

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