#EED173#EED173

#EED173 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.119 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED173
RGB	rgb(238, 209, 115)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 51.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.49, -1.50, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.49, 49.94, 91.72°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0055 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.119 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.1571, 65.0186, 25.5448)
Luminance	0.6502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED173 #7390EE

analogous

#EE9473 #EED173 #CDEE73

triadic

#EED173 #73EED1 #D173EE

tetradic

#EED173 #73EE94 #7390EE #EE73CD

square

#EED173 #73EE94 #7390EE #EE73CD

split-complementary

#EED173 #73CDEE #9473EE

monochromatic

#CEA319 #E7BF3C #EED173 #F5E3AA #FBF5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EED173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#EED173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED173

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED173	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)

#E3CE6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 209, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.119 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6de9d',
    500: '#eed173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed173;
$custom-light: #f6de9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.854,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86588,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED173

secondary

#3E5FC7

accent

#3CDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED173

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

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