#EEDC72#EEDC72

#EEDC72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.129 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC72
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.28, -7.18, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.28, 54.19, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(88.79% -0.022 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(88.79% 0.129 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.8924, 70.5808, 26.1742)
Luminance	0.7058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC72 #7284EE

analogous

#EE9E72 #EEDC72 #C2EE72

triadic

#EEDC72 #72EEDC #DC72EE

tetradic

#EEDC72 #72EE9E #7284EE #EE72C2

square

#EEDC72 #72EE9E #7284EE #EE72C2

split-complementary

#EEDC72 #72C2EE #9E72EE

monochromatic

#CDB319 #E7CE3B #EEDC72 #F5EAA9 #FBF7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EEDC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#EEDC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC72

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC72	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.129 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e69d',
    500: '#eedc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc72;
$custom-light: #f6e69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88789,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC72

secondary

#3D51C7

accent

#29DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC72

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

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