#EEDB74#EEDB74

#EEDB74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.126 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDB74
RGB	rgb(238, 219, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 51.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.05, -6.51, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.05, 52.90, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(88.61% -0.0198 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(88.61% 0.126 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.7458, 70.1035, 26.6931)
Luminance	0.7010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDB74 #7487EE

analogous

#EE9E74 #EEDB74 #C4EE74

triadic

#EEDB74 #74EEDB #DB74EE

tetradic

#EEDB74 #74EE9E #7487EE #EE74C4

square

#EEDB74 #74EE9E #7487EE #EE74C4

split-complementary

#EEDB74 #74C4EE #9E74EE

monochromatic

#CEB219 #E7CD3D #EEDB74 #F5E9AB #FBF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EEDB74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#EEDB74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDB74

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDB74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDB74	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DD79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedb74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 219, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.126 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e59e',
    500: '#eedb74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedb74;
$custom-light: #f6e59e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedb74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88612,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDB74

secondary

#3F54C7

accent

#2BDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDB74

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

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