#EEDC66#EEDC66

#EEDC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.139 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC66
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 102)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 57.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.16, -8.10, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.16, 59.63, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(88.65% -0.0259 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(88.65% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.2536, 70.3253, 22.8101)
Luminance	0.7032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC66 #6678EE

analogous

#EE9866 #EEDC66 #BCEE66

triadic

#EEDC66 #66EEDC #DC66EE

tetradic

#EEDC66 #66EE98 #6678EE #EE66BC

square

#EEDC66 #66EE98 #6678EE #EE66BC

split-complementary

#EEDC66 #66BCEE #9866EE

monochromatic

#C4AD16 #E8CF2F #EEDC66 #F4E99D #FAF5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EEDC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#EEDC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC66

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC66	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.139 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e695',
    500: '#eedc66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc66;
$custom-light: #f6e695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8865,
    "c": 0.1394,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC66

secondary

#3749C2

accent

#25DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC66

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

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