#EED479#EED479

#EED479 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.115 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED479
RGB	rgb(238, 212, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.33, -2.52, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.33, 48.08, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(87.27% -0.0078 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(87.27% 0.115 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.2566, 66.6472, 27.6703)
Luminance	0.6664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED479 #7993EE

analogous

#EE9A79 #EED479 #CDEE79

triadic

#EED479 #79EED4 #D479EE

tetradic

#EED479 #79EE9A #7993EE #EE79CD

square

#EED479 #79EE9A #7993EE #EE79CD

split-complementary

#EED479 #79CDEE #9A79EE

monochromatic

#D2A91B #E7C343 #EED479 #F5E5AF #FCF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EED479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#EED479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED479

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED479	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 212, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.115 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e1a1',
    500: '#eed479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed479;
$custom-light: #f6e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87269,
    "c": 0.11498,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED479

secondary

#4461C7

accent

#3ADA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED479

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

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