#EEDC78#EEDC78

#EEDC78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.123 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC78
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 120)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 49.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.35, -6.67, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.35, 51.39, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(88.87% -0.0199 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(88.87% 0.123 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.2452, 70.7220, 28.0322)
Luminance	0.7072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC78 #788AEE

analogous

#EEA178 #EEDC78 #C5EE78

triadic

#EEDC78 #78EEDC #DC78EE

tetradic

#EEDC78 #78EEA1 #788AEE #EE78C5

square

#EEDC78 #78EEA1 #788AEE #EE78C5

split-complementary

#EEDC78 #78C5EE #A178EE

monochromatic

#D1B51A #E7CE42 #EEDC78 #F5EAAE #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EEDC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#EEDC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC78

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC78	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD76F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.123 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e6a1',
    500: '#eedc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc78;
$custom-light: #f6e6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88866,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC78

secondary

#4357C7

accent

#2BDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC78

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

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