#FFEE8D#FFEE8D

#FFEE8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.843; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.119 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEE8D
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 141)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 44.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.60, -7.05, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.60, 49.35, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(94.24% -0.0198 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(94.24% 0.119 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(76.6242, 84.3347, 37.4361)
Luminance	0.8433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEE8D #8D9EFF

analogous

#FFB58D #FFEE8D #D7FF8D

triadic

#FFEE8D #8DFFEE #EE8DFF

tetradic

#FFEE8D #8DFFB5 #8D9EFF #FF8DD7

square

#FFEE8D #8DFFB5 #8D9EFF #FF8DD7

split-complementary

#FFEE8D #8DD7FF #B58DFF

monochromatic

#FFDC13 #FFE550 #FFEE8D #FFF7CA #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFEE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.87

#FFEE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEE8D

17.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEE8D	1.00	1.18	17.87	17.87
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF091

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffee8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.119 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff3b0',
    500: '#ffee8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffee8d;
$custom-light: #fff3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffee8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94236,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.84332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEE8D

secondary

#5066E0

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEE8D

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

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