#EED172#EED172

#EED172 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.119 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED172
RGB	rgb(238, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.48, -1.59, 50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.48, 50.40, 91.80°)
OKLab	oklab(86.58% -0.0058 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(86.58% 0.12 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.0999, 64.9957, 25.2434)
Luminance	0.6499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED172 #728FEE

analogous

#EE9372 #EED172 #CDEE72

triadic

#EED172 #72EED1 #D172EE

tetradic

#EED172 #72EE93 #728FEE #EE72CD

square

#EED172 #72EE93 #728FEE #EE72CD

split-complementary

#EED172 #72CDEE #9372EE

monochromatic

#CDA319 #E7BF3B #EED172 #F5E3A9 #FBF5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EED172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#EED172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED172

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED172	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.119 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de9d',
    500: '#eed172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed172;
$custom-light: #f6de9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.968,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86575,
    "c": 0.1195,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED172

secondary

#3D5EC7

accent

#3BDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED172

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

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