#EEF996#EEF996

#EEF996 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.881; OKLCH L 95.2% C 0.123 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEF996
RGB	rgb(238, 249, 150)
HSL	hsl(67, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(67, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 39.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.22, -18.08, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.22, 49.66, 111.35°)
OKLab	oklab(95.24% -0.05 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(95.24% 0.123 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.6412, 88.1315, 41.9272)
Luminance	0.8813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEF996 #A196F9

analogous

#F9D296 #EEF996 #BCF996

triadic

#EEF996 #96EEF9 #F996EE

tetradic

#EEF996 #96F9D2 #A196F9 #F996BC

square

#EEF996 #96F9D2 #A196F9 #F996BC

split-complementary

#EEF996 #96BCF9 #D296F9

monochromatic

#DBF222 #E5F65C #EEF996 #F7FCD0 #FAFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#EEF996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.63

#EEF996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEF996

18.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEF996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEF996	1.00	1.13	18.63	18.63
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF08E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9EFE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eef996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 249, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.2% 0.123 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5fbb6',
    500: '#eef996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eef996;
$custom-light: #f5fbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eef996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 89.189,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95242,
    "c": 0.12314,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.88131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEF996

secondary

#685AD9

accent

#00E61A

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEF996

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

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