#EED970#EED970

#EED970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.128 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED970
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 112)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 52.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.49, -5.83, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.49, 54.03, 96.19°)
OKLab	oklab(88.16% -0.0183 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(88.16% 0.128 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.9995, 68.9752, 25.3211)
Luminance	0.6897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED970 #7085EE

analogous

#EE9A70 #EED970 #C4EE70

triadic

#EED970 #70EED9 #D970EE

tetradic

#EED970 #70EE9A #7085EE #EE70C4

square

#EED970 #70EE9A #7085EE #EE70C4

split-complementary

#EED970 #70C4EE #9A70EE

monochromatic

#CBAE18 #E7CA39 #EED970 #F5E8A7 #FBF6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EED970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#EED970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED970

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED970	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.128 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e49c',
    500: '#eed970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed970;
$custom-light: #f6e49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 78.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88157,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED970

secondary

#3C53C7

accent

#2DDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED970

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

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