#EEDB78#EEDB78

#EEDB78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.122 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDB78
RGB	rgb(238, 219, 120)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 49.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.09, -6.16, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.09, 51.02, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(88.66% -0.0184 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(88.66% 0.122 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.9835, 70.1986, 27.9450)
Luminance	0.7020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDB78 #788BEE

analogous

#EEA078 #EEDB78 #C6EE78

triadic

#EEDB78 #78EEDB #DB78EE

tetradic

#EEDB78 #78EEA0 #788BEE #EE78C6

square

#EEDB78 #78EEA0 #788BEE #EE78C6

split-complementary

#EEDB78 #78C6EE #A078EE

monochromatic

#D1B41A #E7CD42 #EEDB78 #F5E9AE #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EEDB78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#EEDB78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDB78

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDB78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDB78	1.00	1.40	15.04	15.04
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedb78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 219, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.122 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e5a1',
    500: '#eedb78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedb78;
$custom-light: #f6e5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedb78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88664,
    "c": 0.12185,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDB78

secondary

#4358C7

accent

#2DDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDB78

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

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