#FFEEA9#FFEEA9

#FFEEA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.853; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.089 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEEA9
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 169)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(48, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 33.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.00, -4.08, 35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.00, 35.77, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(94.69% -0.0092 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(94.69% 0.089 96)
XYZ	xyz(78.9771, 85.2759, 49.8280)
Luminance	0.8527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEEA9 #A9BAFF

analogous

#FFC3A9 #FFEEA9 #E5FFA9

triadic

#FFEEA9 #A9FFEE #EEA9FF

tetradic

#FFEEA9 #A9FFC3 #A9BAFF #FFA9E5

square

#FFEEA9 #A9FFC3 #A9BAFF #FFA9E5

split-complementary

#FFEEA9 #A9E5FF #C3A9FF

monochromatic

#FFD62F #FFE26C #FFEEA9 #FFF9E0 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFEEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.05

#FFEEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEEA9

18.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEEA9	1.00	1.16	18.05	18.05
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCEAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffeea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.089 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff3c3',
    500: '#ffeea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffeea9;
$custom-light: #fff3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffeea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.14,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9469,
    "c": 0.0889,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.85274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEEA9

secondary

#6880E4

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEEA9

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

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