#EED978#EED978

#EED978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.120 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED978
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 49.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.58, -5.15, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.58, 50.30, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(88.26% -0.0155 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(88.26% 0.12 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.4649, 69.1614, 27.7721)
Luminance	0.6916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED978 #788DEE

analogous

#EE9E78 #EED978 #C8EE78

triadic

#EED978 #78EED9 #D978EE

tetradic

#EED978 #78EE9E #788DEE #EE78C8

square

#EED978 #78EE9E #788DEE #EE78C8

split-complementary

#EED978 #78C8EE #9E78EE

monochromatic

#D1B11A #E7CA42 #EED978 #F5E8AE #FCF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EED978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#EED978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED978

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED978	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.120 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e4a1',
    500: '#eed978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed978;
$custom-light: #f6e4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8826,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED978

secondary

#435AC7

accent

#30DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED978

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

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