#EEDB79#EEDB79

#EEDB79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.121 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDB79
RGB	rgb(238, 219, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.11, -6.08, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.11, 50.55, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.68% -0.0181 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(88.68% 0.121 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.0445, 70.2230, 28.2663)
Luminance	0.7022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDB79 #798CEE

analogous

#EEA079 #EEDB79 #C7EE79

triadic

#EEDB79 #79EEDB #DB79EE

tetradic

#EEDB79 #79EEA0 #798CEE #EE79C7

square

#EEDB79 #79EEA0 #798CEE #EE79C7

split-complementary

#EEDB79 #79C7EE #A079EE

monochromatic

#D2B41B #E7CC43 #EEDB79 #F5EAAF #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EEDB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#EEDB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDB79

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDB79	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)

#ECD671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 219, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.121 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e6a2',
    500: '#eedb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedb79;
$custom-light: #f6e6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.256,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88677,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDB79

secondary

#4459C7

accent

#2DDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDB79

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

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