#EEF596#EEF596

#EEF596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.857; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.118 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEF596
RGB	rgb(238, 245, 150)
HSL	hsl(64, 83%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(64, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 38.8%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.18, -16.14, 44.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.18, 47.74, 109.76°)
OKLab	oklab(94.42% -0.0444 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(94.42% 0.118 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.4181, 85.6851, 41.5195)
Luminance	0.8568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEF596 #9D96F5

analogous

#F5CC96 #EEF596 #BFF596

triadic

#EEF596 #96EEF5 #F596EE

tetradic

#EEF596 #96F5CC #9D96F5 #F596BF

square

#EEF596 #96F5CC #9D96F5 #F596BF

split-complementary

#EEF596 #96BFF5 #CC96F5

monochromatic

#DCEA26 #E5F05E #EEF596 #F7FACE #FAFCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#EEF596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.14

#EEF596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEF596

18.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEF596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEF596	1.00	1.16	18.14	18.14
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9EBDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eef596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 245, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.118 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f8b6',
    500: '#eef596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eef596;
$custom-light: #f5f8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eef596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.421,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94415,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.85684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEF596

secondary

#655CD3

accent

#06DF16

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEF596

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

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