#FFEE9A#FFEE9A

#FFEE9A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.847; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.106 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEE9A
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 154)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 39.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.77, -5.74, 42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.77, 43.10, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(94.43% -0.015 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(94.43% 0.106 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(77.6488, 84.7446, 42.8326)
Luminance	0.8474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEE9A #9AABFF

analogous

#FFBB9A #FFEE9A #DDFF9A

triadic

#FFEE9A #9AFFEE #EE9AFF

tetradic

#FFEE9A #9AFFBB #9AABFF #FF9ADD

square

#FFEE9A #9AFFBB #9AABFF #FF9ADD

split-complementary

#FFEE9A #9ADDFF #BB9AFF

monochromatic

#FFD920 #FFE45D #FFEE9A #FFF8D7 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FFEE9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.95

#FFEE9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEE9A

17.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEE9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEE9A	1.00	1.17	17.95	17.95
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDEA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF09D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffee9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.106 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff3b9',
    500: '#ffee9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffee9a;
$custom-light: #fff3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffee9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.901,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94434,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.84742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEE9A

secondary

#5B72E2

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEE9A

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

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