#FFEE97#FFEE97

#FFEE97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.846; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.109 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEE97
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 151)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(50, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 40.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.73, -6.06, 44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.73, 44.56, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(94.39% -0.0161 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(94.39% 0.109 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(77.4021, 84.6459, 41.5332)
Luminance	0.8464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEE97 #97A8FF

analogous

#FFBA97 #FFEE97 #DCFF97

triadic

#FFEE97 #97FFEE #EE97FF

tetradic

#FFEE97 #97FFBA #97A8FF #FF97DC

square

#FFEE97 #97FFBA #97A8FF #FF97DC

split-complementary

#FFEE97 #97DCFF #BA97FF

monochromatic

#FFDA1D #FFE45A #FFEE97 #FFF8D4 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FFEE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.93

#FFEE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEE97

17.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEE97	1.00	1.17	17.93	17.93
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffee97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.109 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff3b6',
    500: '#ffee97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffee97;
$custom-light: #fff3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffee97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.192,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94387,
    "c": 0.10886,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.84643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEE97

secondary

#596FE2

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEE97

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

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