#EEF972#EEF972

#EEF972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.871; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.158 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEF972
RGB	rgb(238, 249, 114)
HSL	hsl(65, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(65, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.80, -21.42, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.80, 66.02, 108.93°)
OKLab	oklab(94.78% -0.0626 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(94.78% 0.158 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.1743, 87.1447, 28.9349)
Luminance	0.8714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEF972 #7D72F9

analogous

#F9C072 #EEF972 #AAF972

triadic

#EEF972 #72EEF9 #F972EE

tetradic

#EEF972 #72F9C0 #7D72F9 #F972AA

square

#EEF972 #72F9C0 #7D72F9 #F972AA

split-complementary

#EEF972 #72AAF9 #C072F9

monochromatic

#D5E70A #E7F737 #EEF972 #F5FBAD #FBFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#EEF972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.43

#EEF972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEF972

18.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEF972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEF972	1.00	1.14	18.43	18.43
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCECDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eef972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 249, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.158 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6fb9e',
    500: '#eef972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eef972;
$custom-light: #f6fb9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eef972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.889,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94775,
    "c": 0.15844,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.87143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEF972

secondary

#473BD4

accent

#00E613

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#17170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEF972

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

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