#FFEE9D#FFEE9D

#FFEE9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.848; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.102 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#FFEE9D
RGBrgb(255, 238, 157)
HSLhsl(50, 100%, 81%)
HSVhsv(50, 38%, 100%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.7%, 38.4%, 0%)
CIE-LABlab(93.82, -5.43, 41.29)
CIE-LCHlch(93.82, 41.65, 97.49°)
OKLaboklab(94.48% -0.0138 0.1014)
OKLCHoklch(94.48% 0.102 97.8)
XYZxyz(77.9018, 84.8458, 44.1650)
Luminance0.8484 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#FFEE9D #9DAEFF
analogous
#FFBD9D #FFEE9D #DFFF9D
triadic
#FFEE9D #9DFFEE #EE9DFF
tetradic
#FFEE9D #9DFFBD #9DAEFF #FF9DDF
square
#FFEE9D #9DFFBD #9DAEFF #FF9DDF
split-complementary
#FFEE9D #9DDFFF #BD9DFF
monochromatic
#FFD923 #FFE360 #FFEE9D #FFF9DA #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17
#FFEE9D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.97
#FFEE9D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEE9D
17.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##FFEE9D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##FFEE9D1.001.1717.9717.97
#FFFFFF1.171.0021.0021.00
#00000017.9721.001.001.00
##00000017.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FDEA97
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFF0A0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFE3DA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ffee9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.102 97.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff3bb',
    500: '#ffee9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ffee9d;
$custom-light: #fff3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ffee9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.592,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94483,
    "c": 0.10234,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.84843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#FFEE9D
secondary
#5E75E3
accent
#28E600
background
#FFFFFD
surface
#FFFEF8
border
#D7D6D1
text
#181712
muted
#868582

Preview Lab

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#FFEE9D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva