#EEF979#EEF979

#EEF979 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.873; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.152 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEF979
RGB	rgb(238, 249, 121)
HSL	hsl(65, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(65, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.87, -20.86, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.87, 62.98, 109.34°)
OKLab	oklab(94.85% -0.0603 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(94.85% 0.152 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.5881, 87.3102, 31.1141)
Luminance	0.8731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEF979 #8479F9

analogous

#F9C479 #EEF979 #AEF979

triadic

#EEF979 #79EEF9 #F979EE

tetradic

#EEF979 #79F9C4 #8479F9 #F979AE

square

#EEF979 #79F9C4 #8479F9 #F979AE

split-complementary

#EEF979 #79AEF9 #C479F9

monochromatic

#DAED0B #E7F63E #EEF979 #F5FCB4 #FBFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#EEF979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.46

#EEF979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEF979

18.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEF979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEF979	1.00	1.14	18.46	18.46
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBEDDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eef979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 249, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.152 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6fba3',
    500: '#eef979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eef979;
$custom-light: #f6fba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eef979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.156,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94853,
    "c": 0.15216,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.87309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEF979

secondary

#4E41D5

accent

#00E614

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF6

border

#D7D7D0

text

#17170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEF979

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

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