#EEF99B#EEF99B

#EEF99B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.883; OKLCH L 95.3% C 0.118 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEF99B
RGB	rgb(238, 249, 155)
HSL	hsl(67, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(67, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 37.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.29, -17.53, 43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.29, 47.28, 111.77°)
OKLab	oklab(95.32% -0.0481 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(95.32% 0.118 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.0525, 88.2959, 44.0931)
Luminance	0.8830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEF99B #A69BF9

analogous

#F9D59B #EEF99B #BFF99B

triadic

#EEF99B #9BEEF9 #F99BEE

tetradic

#EEF99B #9BF9D5 #A69BF9 #F99BBF

square

#EEF99B #9BF9D5 #A69BF9 #F99BBF

split-complementary

#EEF99B #9BBFF9 #D59BF9

monochromatic

#DAF228 #E4F661 #EEF99B #F8FCD5 #FAFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#EEF99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.66

#EEF99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEF99B

18.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEF99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEF99B	1.00	1.13	18.66	18.66
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8EFE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eef99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 249, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.3% 0.118 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5fbb9',
    500: '#eef99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eef99b;
$custom-light: #f5fbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eef99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.021,
    "s": 88.679,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9532,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.88295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEF99B

secondary

#6D5FD9

accent

#00E51B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFFF8

border

#D6D7D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEF99B

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

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