#EEDD77#EEDD77

#EEDD77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.125 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD77
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 119)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 50%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.59, -7.26, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.59, 52.23, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(89.06% -0.0217 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(89.06% 0.125 100)
XYZ	xyz(64.4481, 71.2243, 27.8020)
Luminance	0.7122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD77 #7788EE

analogous

#EEA277 #EEDD77 #C3EE77

triadic

#EEDD77 #77EEDD #DD77EE

tetradic

#EEDD77 #77EEA2 #7788EE #EE77C3

square

#EEDD77 #77EEA2 #7788EE #EE77C3

split-complementary

#EEDD77 #77C3EE #A277EE

monochromatic

#D1B61A #E7CF41 #EEDD77 #F5EBAD #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDD77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#EEDD77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD77

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD77	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)

#EED86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.125 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e7a0',
    500: '#eedd77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd77;
$custom-light: #f6e7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89056,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.71222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD77

secondary

#4255C7

accent

#29DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD77

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

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