#EEDD79#EEDD79

#EEDD79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.123 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD79
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.62, -7.09, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.62, 51.29, 97.94°)
OKLab	oklab(89.08% -0.021 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(89.08% 0.123 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.5694, 71.2728, 28.4412)
Luminance	0.7127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD79 #798AEE

analogous

#EEA279 #EEDD79 #C4EE79

triadic

#EEDD79 #79EEDD #DD79EE

tetradic

#EEDD79 #79EEA2 #798AEE #EE79C4

square

#EEDD79 #79EEA2 #798AEE #EE79C4

split-complementary

#EEDD79 #79C4EE #A279EE

monochromatic

#D2B71B #E7CF43 #EEDD79 #F5EBAF #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#EEDD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD79

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD79	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.123 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e7a2',
    500: '#eedd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd79;
$custom-light: #f6e7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.282,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89082,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD79

secondary

#4457C7

accent

#2ADA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD79

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

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