#EEF59B#EEF59B

#EEF59B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.858; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.113 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEF59B
RGB	rgb(238, 245, 155)
HSL	hsl(65, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(65, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 36.7%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.25, -15.59, 42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.25, 45.34, 110.11°)
OKLab	oklab(94.49% -0.0425 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(94.49% 0.113 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(73.8293, 85.8496, 43.6853)
Luminance	0.8585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEF59B #A29BF5

analogous

#F5CF9B #EEF59B #C1F59B

triadic

#EEF59B #9BEEF5 #F59BEE

tetradic

#EEF59B #9BF5CF #A29BF5 #F59BC1

square

#EEF59B #9BF5CF #A29BF5 #F59BC1

split-complementary

#EEF59B #9BC1F5 #CF9BF5

monochromatic

#DBEA2C #E5EF63 #EEF59B #F7FBD3 #FAFCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#EEF59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.17

#EEF59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEF59B

18.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEF59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEF59B	1.00	1.16	18.17	18.17
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9EBDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eef59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 245, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.113 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f8b9',
    500: '#eef59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eef59b;
$custom-light: #f4f8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eef59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.667,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94494,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.85849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEF59B

secondary

#6960D4

accent

#07DE18

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEF59B

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

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