#EEF856#EEF856

#EEF856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.860; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.179 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEF856
RGB	rgb(238, 248, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 65.3%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.31, -22.83, 73.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.31, 76.86, 107.28°)
OKLab	oklab(94.31% -0.0693 0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(94.31% 0.179 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.5090, 85.9853, 21.6848)
Luminance	0.8598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEF856 #6056F8

analogous

#F8B156 #EEF856 #9DF856

triadic

#EEF856 #56EEF8 #F856EE

tetradic

#EEF856 #56F8B1 #6056F8 #F8569D

square

#EEF856 #56F8B1 #6056F8 #F8569D

split-complementary

#EEF856 #569DF8 #B156F8

monochromatic

#BFCB08 #E8F61B #EEF856 #F4FA91 #FAFDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#EEF856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.20

#EEF856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEF856

18.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEF856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEF856	1.00	1.15	18.20	18.20
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDEAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eef856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 248, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.179 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7fa8e',
    500: '#eef856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eef856;
$custom-light: #f7fa8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eef856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.704,
    "s": 92.045,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94306,
    "c": 0.17916,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.85984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEF856

secondary

#352BC7

accent

#00E60E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF4

border

#D7D7CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEF856

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

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