#EED171#EED171

#EED171 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.120 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED171
RGB	rgb(238, 209, 113)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 52.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.47, -1.67, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.47, 50.87, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(86.56% -0.0062 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(86.56% 0.12 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.0433, 64.9731, 24.9453)
Luminance	0.6497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED171 #718EEE

analogous

#EE9371 #EED171 #CDEE71

triadic

#EED171 #71EED1 #D171EE

tetradic

#EED171 #71EE93 #718EEE #EE71CD

square

#EED171 #71EE93 #718EEE #EE71CD

split-complementary

#EED171 #71CDEE #9371EE

monochromatic

#CCA218 #E7BF3A #EED171 #F5E3A8 #FBF4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EED171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#EED171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED171

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED171	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 209, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.120 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de9c',
    500: '#eed171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed171;
$custom-light: #f6de9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.08,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86562,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED171

secondary

#3D5DC7

accent

#3BDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED171

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

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