#EEF99C#EEF99C

#EEF99C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.883; OKLCH L 95.3% C 0.117 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEF99C
RGB	rgb(238, 249, 156)
HSL	hsl(67, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(67, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 37.3%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.30, -17.42, 43.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.30, 46.80, 111.86°)
OKLab	oklab(95.34% -0.0477 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(95.34% 0.117 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.1368, 88.3297, 44.5372)
Luminance	0.8833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEF99C #A79CF9

analogous

#F9D69C #EEF99C #C0F99C

triadic

#EEF99C #9CEEF9 #F99CEE

tetradic

#EEF99C #9CF9D6 #A79CF9 #F99CC0

square

#EEF99C #9CF9D6 #A79CF9 #F99CC0

split-complementary

#EEF99C #9CC0F9 #D69CF9

monochromatic

#DAF229 #E4F662 #EEF99C #F8FCD6 #FAFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#EEF99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.67

#EEF99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEF99C

18.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEF99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEF99C	1.00	1.13	18.67	18.67
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8EFE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eef99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 249, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.3% 0.117 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5fbba',
    500: '#eef99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eef99c;
$custom-light: #f5fbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eef99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.097,
    "s": 88.571,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95336,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.88329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEF99C

secondary

#6E60DA

accent

#00E51B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFFF8

border

#D6D7D1

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEF99C

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

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