#FFEE9E#FFEE9E

#FFEE9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.849; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.101 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEE9E
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 158)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(49, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 38%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.83, -5.32, 40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.83, 41.16, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(94.5% -0.0135 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(94.5% 0.101 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(77.9876, 84.8800, 44.6165)
Luminance	0.8488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEE9E #9EAFFF

analogous

#FFBD9E #FFEE9E #DFFF9E

triadic

#FFEE9E #9EFFEE #EE9EFF

tetradic

#FFEE9E #9EFFBD #9EAFFF #FF9EDF

square

#FFEE9E #9EFFBD #9EAFFF #FF9EDF

split-complementary

#FFEE9E #9EDFFF #BD9EFF

monochromatic

#FFD924 #FFE361 #FFEE9E #FFF9DB #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FFEE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.98

#FFEE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEE9E

17.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEE9E	1.00	1.17	17.98	17.98
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDEA98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffee9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.101 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff3bb',
    500: '#ffee9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffee9e;
$custom-light: #fff3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffee9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.485,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.945,
    "c": 0.10124,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.84878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEE9E

secondary

#5F76E3

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEE9E

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

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