#EEF99A#EEF99A

#EEF99A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.883; OKLCH L 95.3% C 0.119 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEF99A
RGB	rgb(238, 249, 154)
HSL	hsl(67, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(67, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 38.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.27, -17.64, 44.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.27, 47.75, 111.68°)
OKLab	oklab(95.3% -0.0484 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(95.3% 0.119 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.9689, 88.2625, 43.6526)
Luminance	0.8826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEF99A #A59AF9

analogous

#F9D59A #EEF99A #BFF99A

triadic

#EEF99A #9AEEF9 #F99AEE

tetradic

#EEF99A #9AF9D5 #A59AF9 #F99ABF

square

#EEF99A #9AF9D5 #A59AF9 #F99ABF

split-complementary

#EEF99A #9ABFF9 #D59AF9

monochromatic

#DBF226 #E4F660 #EEF99A #F8FCD4 #FAFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#EEF99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.65

#EEF99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEF99A

18.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEF99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEF99A	1.00	1.13	18.65	18.65
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9EFE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eef99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 249, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.3% 0.119 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5fbb9',
    500: '#eef99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eef99a;
$custom-light: #f5fbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eef99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.947,
    "s": 88.785,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95304,
    "c": 0.11879,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.88262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEF99A

secondary

#6C5ED9

accent

#00E51B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFFF8

border

#D6D7D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEF99A

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

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