#EEF599#EEF599

#EEF599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.858; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.115 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEF599
RGB	rgb(238, 245, 153)
HSL	hsl(65, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(65, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 37.6%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.22, -15.81, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.22, 46.30, 109.96°)
OKLab	oklab(94.46% -0.0433 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(94.46% 0.115 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.6627, 85.7829, 42.8081)
Luminance	0.8578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEF599 #A099F5

analogous

#F5CE99 #EEF599 #C0F599

triadic

#EEF599 #99EEF5 #F599EE

tetradic

#EEF599 #99F5CE #A099F5 #F599C0

square

#EEF599 #99F5CE #A099F5 #F599C0

split-complementary

#EEF599 #99C0F5 #CE99F5

monochromatic

#DBEA2A #E5F061 #EEF599 #F7FAD1 #FAFCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#EEF599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.16

#EEF599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEF599

18.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEF599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEF599	1.00	1.16	18.16	18.16
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF09D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9EBDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eef599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 245, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.115 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f8b8',
    500: '#eef599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eef599;
$custom-light: #f5f8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eef599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.565,
    "s": 82.143,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94462,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.85782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEF599

secondary

#675FD4

accent

#07DF17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEF599

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

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