#EEF699#EEF699

#EEF699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.864; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.116 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEF699
RGB	rgb(238, 246, 153)
HSL	hsl(65, 84%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(65, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 37.8%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.48, -16.30, 43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.48, 46.78, 110.39°)
OKLab	oklab(94.67% -0.0447 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(94.67% 0.116 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.9661, 86.3896, 42.9092)
Luminance	0.8639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEF699 #A199F6

analogous

#F6CF99 #EEF699 #BFF699

triadic

#EEF699 #99EEF6 #F699EE

tetradic

#EEF699 #99F6CF #A199F6 #F699BF

square

#EEF699 #99F6CF #A199F6 #F699BF

split-complementary

#EEF699 #99BFF6 #CF99F6

monochromatic

#DBEC29 #E5F161 #EEF699 #F7FBD1 #FAFDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#EEF699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.28

#EEF699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEF699

18.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEF699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEF699	1.00	1.15	18.28	18.28
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF09D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9ECDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eef699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 246, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.116 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f9b8',
    500: '#eef699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eef699;
$custom-light: #f5f9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eef699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.161,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94668,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.86389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEF699

secondary

#685ED5

accent

#05E018

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFFF8

border

#D6D7D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEF699

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

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