#EED971#EED971

#EED971 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.127 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED971
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 113)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 52.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.50, -5.74, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.50, 53.57, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% -0.0179 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.127 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.0555, 68.9976, 25.6160)
Luminance	0.6899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED971 #7186EE

analogous

#EE9B71 #EED971 #C5EE71

triadic

#EED971 #71EED9 #D971EE

tetradic

#EED971 #71EE9B #7186EE #EE71C5

square

#EED971 #71EE9B #7186EE #EE71C5

split-complementary

#EED971 #71C5EE #9B71EE

monochromatic

#CCAE18 #E7CA3A #EED971 #F5E8A8 #FBF6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EED971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#EED971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED971

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED971	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD467

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.127 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e49c',
    500: '#eed971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed971;
$custom-light: #f6e49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88169,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED971

secondary

#3D54C7

accent

#2EDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED971

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

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