#EEDD69#EEDD69

#EEDD69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.138 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD69
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 105)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 55.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.44, -8.39, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.44, 58.65, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(88.89% -0.0264 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(88.89% 0.138 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.6684, 70.9124, 23.6956)
Luminance	0.7091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD69 #697AEE

analogous

#EE9B69 #EEDD69 #BCEE69

triadic

#EEDD69 #69EEDD #DD69EE

tetradic

#EEDD69 #69EE9B #697AEE #EE69BC

square

#EEDD69 #69EE9B #697AEE #EE69BC

split-complementary

#EEDD69 #69BCEE #9B69EE

monochromatic

#C6B016 #E8D132 #EEDD69 #F4E9A0 #FAF6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#EEDD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD69

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD69	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)

#EFD75D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.138 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e797',
    500: '#eedd69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd69;
$custom-light: #f6e797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.331,
    "s": 79.641,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88887,
    "c": 0.13767,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD69

secondary

#3849C4

accent

#24DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD69

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

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