#EEDB72#EEDB72

#EEDB72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.128 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDB72
RGB	rgb(238, 219, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.03, -6.67, 53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.03, 53.83, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(88.59% -0.0205 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(88.59% 0.128 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.6308, 70.0575, 26.0870)
Luminance	0.7006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDB72 #7285EE

analogous

#EE9D72 #EEDB72 #C3EE72

triadic

#EEDB72 #72EEDB #DB72EE

tetradic

#EEDB72 #72EE9D #7285EE #EE72C3

square

#EEDB72 #72EE9D #7285EE #EE72C3

split-complementary

#EEDB72 #72C3EE #9D72EE

monochromatic

#CDB119 #E7CD3B #EEDB72 #F5E9A9 #FBF7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EEDB72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#EEDB72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDB72

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDB72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDB72	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedb72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 219, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.128 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e59d',
    500: '#eedb72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedb72;
$custom-light: #f6e59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedb72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88586,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDB72

secondary

#3D53C7

accent

#2BDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDB72

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

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