#EEF859#EEF859

#EEF859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.860; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.177 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEF859
RGB	rgb(238, 248, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 92%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 64.1%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.33, -22.66, 72.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.33, 75.74, 107.41°)
OKLab	oklab(94.33% -0.0686 0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(94.33% 0.177 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.6324, 86.0347, 22.3348)
Luminance	0.8603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEF859 #6359F8

analogous

#F8B359 #EEF859 #9EF859

triadic

#EEF859 #59EEF8 #F859EE

tetradic

#EEF859 #59F8B3 #6359F8 #F8599E

square

#EEF859 #59F8B3 #6359F8 #F8599E

split-complementary

#EEF859 #599EF8 #B359F8

monochromatic

#C2CE09 #E8F61E #EEF859 #F4FA94 #FAFDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#EEF859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.21

#EEF859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEF859

18.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEF859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEF859	1.00	1.15	18.21	18.21
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDEAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eef859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 248, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.177 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7fa8f',
    500: '#eef859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eef859;
$custom-light: #f7fa8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eef859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.774,
    "s": 91.908,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94329,
    "c": 0.17708,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.86033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEF859

secondary

#362CC9

accent

#00E60E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF4

border

#D7D7CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEF859

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

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