#FFEEB5#FFEEB5

#FFEEB5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.857; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.075 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEEB5
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 181)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(46, 29%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 29%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.20, -2.63, 29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.20, 29.85, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(94.92% -0.0045 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(94.92% 0.075 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(80.1557, 85.7473, 56.0356)
Luminance	0.8575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEEB5 #B5C6FF

analogous

#FFC9B5 #FFEEB5 #EBFFB5

triadic

#FFEEB5 #B5FFEE #EEB5FF

tetradic

#FFEEB5 #B5FFC9 #B5C6FF #FFB5EB

square

#FFEEB5 #B5FFC9 #B5C6FF #FFB5EB

split-complementary

#FFEEB5 #B5EBFF #C9B5FF

monochromatic

#FFD23B #FFE078 #FFEEB5 #FFF8E0 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFEEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.15

#FFEEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEEB5

18.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEEB5	1.00	1.16	18.15	18.15
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAEBB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffeeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.075 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff3cb',
    500: '#ffeeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffeeb5;
$custom-light: #fff3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffeeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94916,
    "c": 0.07505,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.85745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEEB5

secondary

#728DE6

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFA

border

#D7D6D3

text

#181713

muted

#868583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEEB5

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

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