#EED179#EED179

#EED179 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.113 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED179
RGB	rgb(238, 209, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -0.98, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 47.10, 91.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0033 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.113 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.5137, 65.1613, 27.4227)
Luminance	0.6516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED179 #7996EE

analogous

#EE9679 #EED179 #D0EE79

triadic

#EED179 #79EED1 #D179EE

tetradic

#EED179 #79EE96 #7996EE #EE79D0

square

#EED179 #79EE96 #7996EE #EE79D0

split-complementary

#EED179 #79D0EE #9679EE

monochromatic

#D2A51B #E7BE43 #EED179 #F5E4AF #FCF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EED179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#EED179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED179

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED179	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)

#E2CE72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 209, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.113 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dea1',
    500: '#eed179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed179;
$custom-light: #f6dea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.128,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86669,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED179

secondary

#4464C7

accent

#3FDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED179

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

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