#EEDD68#EEDD68

#EEDD68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.139 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD68
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 104)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 56.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -8.46, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 59.10, 98.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.88% -0.0267 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(88.88% 0.139 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.6173, 70.8920, 23.4265)
Luminance	0.7089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD68 #6879EE

analogous

#EE9A68 #EEDD68 #BCEE68

triadic

#EEDD68 #68EEDD #DD68EE

tetradic

#EEDD68 #68EE9A #6879EE #EE68BC

square

#EEDD68 #68EE9A #6879EE #EE68BC

split-complementary

#EEDD68 #68BCEE #9A68EE

monochromatic

#C5AF16 #E8D131 #EEDD68 #F4E99F #FAF6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDD68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#EEDD68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD68

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD68	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD75C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.139 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e797',
    500: '#eedd68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd68;
$custom-light: #f6e797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 79.762,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88876,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD68

secondary

#3749C3

accent

#24DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD68

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

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