#EEF499#EEF499

#EEF499 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.852; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.114 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEF499
RGB	rgb(238, 244, 153)
HSL	hsl(64, 81%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(64, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 37.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.96, -15.32, 43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.96, 45.82, 109.53°)
OKLab	oklab(94.26% -0.0419 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(94.26% 0.114 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.3610, 85.1795, 42.7075)
Luminance	0.8518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEF499 #9F99F4

analogous

#F4CC99 #EEF499 #C0F499

triadic

#EEF499 #99EEF4 #F499EE

tetradic

#EEF499 #99F4CC #9F99F4 #F499C0

square

#EEF499 #99F4CC #9F99F4 #F499C0

split-complementary

#EEF499 #99C0F4 #CC99F4

monochromatic

#DCE82B #E5EE62 #EEF499 #F7FAD0 #FAFCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#EEF499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.04

#EEF499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEF499

18.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEF499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEF499	1.00	1.16	18.04	18.04
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9EADD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eef499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 244, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.114 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f7b8',
    500: '#eef499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eef499;
$custom-light: #f5f7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eef499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.956,
    "s": 80.531,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94256,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.85178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEF499

secondary

#665FD2

accent

#09DD17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEF499

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

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