#EEF38E#EEF38E
#EEF38E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.842; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.124 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EEF38E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 243, 142) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 81%, 75%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 42%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 41.6%, 4.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(93.55, -16.00, 48.02) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(93.55, 50.62, 108.43°) |
| OKLab | oklab(93.88% -0.0446 0.1161) |
| OKLCH | oklch(93.88% 0.124 111) |
| XYZ | xyz(72.1940, 84.2326, 38.0414) |
| Luminance | 0.8423 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Manilla
#FFFA86
ΔE00 3.79
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 3.81
Buff
#FEF69E
ΔE00 3.90
Light Khaki
#E6F2A2
ΔE00 4.11
Pale Yellow
#FFFF84
ΔE00 4.12
Butter
#FFFF81
ΔE00 4.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EEF38E #938EF3
analogous
#F3C58E #EEF38E #BBF38E
triadic
#EEF38E #8EEEF3 #F38EEE
tetradic
#EEF38E #8EF3C5 #938EF3 #F38EBB
square
#EEF38E #8EF3C5 #938EF3 #F38EBB
split-complementary
#EEF38E #8EBBF3 #C58EF3
monochromatic
#DDE71F #E6ED57 #EEF38E #F6F9C5 #FBFCE3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.18
#EEF38E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.85
#EEF38E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EEF38E
17.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EEF38E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EEF38E | 1.00 | 1.18 | 17.85 | 17.85 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 17.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 17.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFEB86
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEE93
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAE8DB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ECECEC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eef38e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 243, 142); /* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.124 111.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5f7b0',
500: '#eef38e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eef38e; $custom-light: #f5f7b0; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eef38e",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 243,
"b": 142
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.97,
"s": 80.8,
"l": 75.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.93881,
"c": 0.1244,
"h": 111
},
"luminance": 0.84231
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EEF38E
secondary
#5B55D0
accent
#08DD13
background
#FFFFFD
surface
#FFFEF7
border
#D7D6D0
text
#171711
muted
#858581