#EED178#EED178

#EED178 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.114 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED178
RGB	rgb(238, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 49.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.55, -1.07, 47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.55, 47.57, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(86.66% -0.0037 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(86.66% 0.114 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.4526, 65.1369, 27.1014)
Luminance	0.6513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED178 #7895EE

analogous

#EE9678 #EED178 #D0EE78

triadic

#EED178 #78EED1 #D178EE

tetradic

#EED178 #78EE96 #7895EE #EE78D0

square

#EED178 #78EE96 #7895EE #EE78D0

split-complementary

#EED178 #78D0EE #9678EE

monochromatic

#D1A41A #E7BE42 #EED178 #F5E4AE #FCF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EED178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#EED178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED178

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED178	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.114 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dea1',
    500: '#eed178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed178;
$custom-light: #f6dea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86655,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED178

secondary

#4363C7

accent

#3EDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED178

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

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