#EEDC74#EEDC74

#EEDC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC74
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 51.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.30, -7.01, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.30, 53.26, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.0213 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.0075, 70.6269, 26.7803)
Luminance	0.7062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC74 #7486EE

analogous

#EE9F74 #EEDC74 #C3EE74

triadic

#EEDC74 #74EEDC #DC74EE

tetradic

#EEDC74 #74EE9F #7486EE #EE74C3

square

#EEDC74 #74EE9F #7486EE #EE74C3

split-complementary

#EEDC74 #74C3EE #9F74EE

monochromatic

#CEB419 #E7CE3D #EEDC74 #F5EAAB #FBF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EEDC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#EEDC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC74

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC74	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)

#EDD76B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e69e',
    500: '#eedc74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc74;
$custom-light: #f6e69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88814,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC74

secondary

#3F53C7

accent

#2ADA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC74

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

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