#EEF299#EEF299

#EEF299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.840; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.111 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEF299
RGB	rgb(238, 242, 153)
HSL	hsl(63, 77%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(63, 37%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 36.8%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.44, -14.34, 42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.44, 44.87, 108.64°)
OKLab	oklab(93.84% -0.0391 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(93.84% 0.111 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.7625, 83.9825, 42.5080)
Luminance	0.8398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEF299 #9D99F2

analogous

#F2CA99 #EEF299 #C1F299

triadic

#EEF299 #99EEF2 #F299EE

tetradic

#EEF299 #99F2CA #9D99F2 #F299C1

square

#EEF299 #99F2CA #9D99F2 #F299C1

split-complementary

#EEF299 #99C1F2 #CA99F2

monochromatic

#DCE42C #E5EB63 #EEF299 #F7F9CF #FAFCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#EEF299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.80

#EEF299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEF299

17.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEF299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEF299	1.00	1.18	17.80	17.80
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E8DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eef299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 242, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.111 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f6b8',
    500: '#eef299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eef299;
$custom-light: #f5f6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eef299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.697,
    "s": 77.391,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93844,
    "c": 0.11127,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEF299

secondary

#6560D0

accent

#0CDA15

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEF299

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

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