#EEDD73#EEDD73

#EEDD73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD73
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 115)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 51.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.55, -7.60, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.55, 54.10, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.01% -0.0231 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(89.01% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.2129, 71.1302, 26.5634)
Luminance	0.7113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD73 #7384EE

analogous

#EEA073 #EEDD73 #C2EE73

triadic

#EEDD73 #73EEDD #DD73EE

tetradic

#EEDD73 #73EEA0 #7384EE #EE73C2

square

#EEDD73 #73EEA0 #7384EE #EE73C2

split-complementary

#EEDD73 #73C2EE #A073EE

monochromatic

#CEB519 #E7D03C #EEDD73 #F5EAAA #FBF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#EEDD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD73

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD73	1.00	1.38	15.23	15.23
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e79e',
    500: '#eedd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd73;
$custom-light: #f6e79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.707,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89005,
    "c": 0.12849,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD73

secondary

#3E51C7

accent

#28DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD73

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

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