#EEEF99#EEEF99

#EEEF99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.822; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.108 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEEF99
RGB	rgb(238, 239, 153)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(61, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.67, -12.86, 41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.67, 43.47, 107.21°)
OKLab	oklab(93.23% -0.0349 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(93.23% 0.108 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.8769, 82.2114, 42.2128)
Luminance	0.8221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEEF99 #9A99EF

analogous

#EFC599 #EEEF99 #C3EF99

triadic

#EEEF99 #99EEEF #EF99EE

tetradic

#EEEF99 #99EFC5 #9A99EF #EF99C3

square

#EEEF99 #99EFC5 #9A99EF #EF99C3

split-complementary

#EEEF99 #99C3EF #C599EF

monochromatic

#DCDE2F #E5E764 #EEEF99 #F7F7CE #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#EEEF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.44

#EEEF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEEF99

17.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEEF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEEF99	1.00	1.20	17.44	17.44
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E5DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeef99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 239, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.108 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f4b8',
    500: '#eeef99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeef99;
$custom-light: #f5f4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeef99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.698,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93228,
    "c": 0.10769,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.8221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEEF99

secondary

#6261CC

accent

#11D513

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEEF99

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

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