#EEDD76#EEDD76

#EEDD76 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.126 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD76
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 118)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 50.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.58, -7.35, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.58, 52.70, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(89.04% -0.022 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(89.04% 0.126 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.3883, 71.2004, 27.4874)
Luminance	0.7120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD76 #7687EE

analogous

#EEA176 #EEDD76 #C3EE76

triadic

#EEDD76 #76EEDD #DD76EE

tetradic

#EEDD76 #76EEA1 #7687EE #EE76C3

square

#EEDD76 #76EEA1 #7687EE #EE76C3

split-complementary

#EEDD76 #76C3EE #A176EE

monochromatic

#D0B61A #E7CF40 #EEDD76 #F5EBAC #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDD76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#EEDD76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD76

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD76	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.126 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e7a0',
    500: '#eedd76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd76;
$custom-light: #f6e7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 77.922,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89043,
    "c": 0.12562,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD76

secondary

#4154C7

accent

#29DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD76

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

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