#EEF179#EEF179

#EEF179 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.143 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEF179
RGB	rgb(238, 241, 121)
HSL	hsl(62, 81%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(62, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 49.8%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.78, -16.99, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.78, 59.45, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(93.19% -0.0493 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(93.19% 0.143 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.1679, 82.4698, 30.3074)
Luminance	0.8247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEF179 #7C79F1

analogous

#F1B879 #EEF179 #B2F179

triadic

#EEF179 #79EEF1 #F179EE

tetradic

#EEF179 #79F1B8 #7C79F1 #F179B2

square

#EEF179 #79F1B8 #7C79F1 #F179B2

split-complementary

#EEF179 #79B2F1 #B879F1

monochromatic

#D4D917 #E7EB42 #EEF179 #F5F7B0 #FBFCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#EEF179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.49

#EEF179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEF179

17.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEF179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEF179	1.00	1.20	17.49	17.49
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eef179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 241, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.143 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f5a3',
    500: '#eef179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eef179;
$custom-light: #f6f5a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eef179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.5,
    "s": 81.081,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93187,
    "c": 0.14315,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.82468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEF179

secondary

#4643CB

accent

#08DD0D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEF179

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

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