#FFEEB3#FFEEB3

#FFEEB3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.857; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.077 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEEB3
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 179)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(47, 30%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 29.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.17, -2.88, 30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.17, 30.84, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(94.88% -0.0053 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(94.88% 0.077 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(79.9520, 85.6658, 54.9626)
Luminance	0.8566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEEB3 #B3C4FF

analogous

#FFC8B3 #FFEEB3 #EAFFB3

triadic

#FFEEB3 #B3FFEE #EEB3FF

tetradic

#FFEEB3 #B3FFC8 #B3C4FF #FFB3EA

square

#FFEEB3 #B3FFC8 #B3C4FF #FFB3EA

split-complementary

#FFEEB3 #B3EAFF #C8B3FF

monochromatic

#FFD339 #FFE076 #FFEEB3 #FFF8E0 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFEEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.13

#FFEEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEEB3

18.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEEB3	1.00	1.16	18.13	18.13
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAEBAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffeeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.077 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff3ca',
    500: '#ffeeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffeeb3;
$custom-light: #fff3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffeeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.579,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94877,
    "c": 0.07737,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.85664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEEB3

secondary

#708BE6

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEEB3

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

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