#FFEE8B#FFEE8B

#FFEE8B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.843; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.121 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEE8B
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 139)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 45.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.57, -7.23, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.57, 50.30, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(94.21% -0.0206 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(94.21% 0.121 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(76.4767, 84.2757, 36.6594)
Luminance	0.8427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEE8B #8B9CFF

analogous

#FFB48B #FFEE8B #D6FF8B

triadic

#FFEE8B #8BFFEE #EE8BFF

tetradic

#FFEE8B #8BFFB4 #8B9CFF #FF8BD6

square

#FFEE8B #8BFFB4 #8B9CFF #FF8BD6

split-complementary

#FFEE8B #8BD6FF #B48BFF

monochromatic

#FFDC11 #FFE54E #FFEE8B #FFF7C8 #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFEE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.85

#FFEE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEE8B

17.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEE8B	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)

#FFE983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF08F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffee8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.121 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff3ae',
    500: '#ffee8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffee8b;
$custom-light: #fff3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffee8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94208,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.84273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEE8B

secondary

#4E64E0

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEE8B

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

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