Information about #EEF142 color

#EEF142 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#EEF142 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Full Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(238, 241, 66) — 93.3% red, 94.5% green, 25.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 1 / 0 / 69 / 5. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #EEF142 reads as a maximally vivid golden yellow and floats near the light end of the scale. Expect to see shades like this in airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Off Yellow (#F1F33F). Nearby in the Register you will also find Holiday (#F5EB4F) and joste (#E0F73A).

In RGB terms — rgb(238, 241, 66) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 17.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.2:1. No one has named #EEF142 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#EEF142 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#EEF142 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #EEF142

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Off Yellow color link
Off Yellow

#F1F33F

Holiday color link
Holiday

#F5EB4F

joste color link
joste

#E0F73A

Paris Daisy color link
Paris Daisy

#FBEB50

Lemon Yellow color link
Lemon Yellow

#FFF44F

Gorse color link
Gorse

#FDE336

Starship color link
Starship

#E3DD39

Gargoyle Gas color link
Gargoyle Gas

#FFDF46

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#EEF142
  • RGB238, 241, 66
  • CMYK1, 0, 69, 5
  • CSSrgb(238, 241, 66)
  • HSL61°, 86%, 60%
  • HSL Precise61.029°, 86.207%, 60.196%
  • HSV61°, 73%, 95%
  • HSB61°, 73%, 95%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.933
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.945
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • GLSLvec3(0.933, 0.945, 0.259)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.933, 0.945, 0.259, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.933, 0.945, 0.259)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB93.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB94.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.9%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDEEF142
  • DECIMAL ID15659330
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01