#EEDC79#EEDC79

#EEDC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC79
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.36, -6.58, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.36, 50.92, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(88.88% -0.0195 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(88.88% 0.122 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.3062, 70.7464, 28.3535)
Luminance	0.7074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC79 #798BEE

analogous

#EEA179 #EEDC79 #C6EE79

triadic

#EEDC79 #79EEDC #DC79EE

tetradic

#EEDC79 #79EEA1 #798BEE #EE79C6

square

#EEDC79 #79EEA1 #798BEE #EE79C6

split-complementary

#EEDC79 #79C6EE #A179EE

monochromatic

#D2B61B #E7CE43 #EEDC79 #F5EAAF #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EEDC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#EEDC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC79

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC79	1.00	1.39	15.15	15.15
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e6a2',
    500: '#eedc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc79;
$custom-light: #f6e6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88879,
    "c": 0.12176,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC79

secondary

#4458C7

accent

#2BDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC79

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

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