#EEDD72#EEDD72

#EEDD72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD72
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.54, -7.68, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.54, 54.56, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(88.99% -0.0234 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(88.99% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.1557, 71.1073, 26.2620)
Luminance	0.7110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD72 #7283EE

analogous

#EE9F72 #EEDD72 #C1EE72

triadic

#EEDD72 #72EEDD #DD72EE

tetradic

#EEDD72 #72EE9F #7283EE #EE72C1

square

#EEDD72 #72EE9F #7283EE #EE72C1

split-complementary

#EEDD72 #72C1EE #9F72EE

monochromatic

#CDB419 #E7D03B #EEDD72 #F5EAA9 #FBF7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#EEDD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD72

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD72	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e79d',
    500: '#eedd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd72;
$custom-light: #f6e79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88992,
    "c": 0.12943,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD72

secondary

#3D50C7

accent

#27DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD72

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

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