#EEF261#EEF261

#EEF261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.165 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEF261
RGB	rgb(238, 242, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 59.9%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.82, -19.29, 67.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.82, 70.18, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(93.14% -0.0583 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(93.14% 0.165 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.1716, 82.5462, 23.5962)
Luminance	0.8254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEF261 #6561F2

analogous

#F2AE61 #EEF261 #A6F261

triadic

#EEF261 #61EEF2 #F261EE

tetradic

#EEF261 #61F2AE #6561F2 #F261A6

square

#EEF261 #61F2AE #6561F2 #F261A6

split-complementary

#EEF261 #61A6F2 #AE61F2

monochromatic

#C3C810 #E8ED28 #EEF261 #F4F79A #FAFBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#EEF261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.51

#EEF261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEF261

17.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEF261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEF261	1.00	1.20	17.51	17.51
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDE4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eef261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 242, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.165 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f694',
    500: '#eef261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eef261;
$custom-light: #f6f694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eef261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.655,
    "s": 84.795,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9314,
    "c": 0.16491,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.82544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEF261

secondary

#3632C5

accent

#04E10A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEF261

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

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