#EED579#EED579

#EED579 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.116 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED579
RGB	rgb(238, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.58, -3.03, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.58, 48.42, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(87.47% -0.0092 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(87.47% 0.116 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.5074, 67.1487, 27.7539)
Luminance	0.6715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED579 #7992EE

analogous

#EE9A79 #EED579 #CDEE79

triadic

#EED579 #79EED5 #D579EE

tetradic

#EED579 #79EE9A #7992EE #EE79CD

square

#EED579 #79EE9A #7992EE #EE79CD

split-complementary

#EED579 #79CDEE #9A79EE

monochromatic

#D2AB1B #E7C443 #EED579 #F5E6AF #FCF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EED579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#EED579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED579

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED579	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.116 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e1a1',
    500: '#eed579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed579;
$custom-light: #f6e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.179,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87469,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED579

secondary

#4460C7

accent

#38DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED579

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

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