#FFEE99#FFEE99

#FFEE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.847; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.107 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEE99
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.76, -5.85, 43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.76, 43.59, 97.71°)
OKLab	oklab(94.42% -0.0154 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(94.42% 0.107 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(77.5659, 84.7114, 42.3958)
Luminance	0.8471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEE99 #99AAFF

analogous

#FFBB99 #FFEE99 #DDFF99

triadic

#FFEE99 #99FFEE #EE99FF

tetradic

#FFEE99 #99FFBB #99AAFF #FF99DD

square

#FFEE99 #99FFBB #99AAFF #FF99DD

split-complementary

#FFEE99 #99DDFF #BB99FF

monochromatic

#FFDA1F #FFE45C #FFEE99 #FFF8D6 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FFEE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.94

#FFEE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEE99

17.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEE99	1.00	1.17	17.94	17.94
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffee99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.107 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff3b8',
    500: '#ffee99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffee99;
$custom-light: #fff3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffee99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94418,
    "c": 0.1067,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.84709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEE99

secondary

#5A71E2

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEE99

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

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