#EEDE72#EEDE72

#EEDE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.130 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDE72
RGB	rgb(238, 222, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.79, -8.18, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.79, 54.93, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.2% -0.0249 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(89.2% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(64.4205, 71.6369, 26.3503)
Luminance	0.7164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDE72 #7282EE

analogous

#EEA072 #EEDE72 #C0EE72

triadic

#EEDE72 #72EEDE #DE72EE

tetradic

#EEDE72 #72EEA0 #7282EE #EE72C0

square

#EEDE72 #72EEA0 #7282EE #EE72C0

split-complementary

#EEDE72 #72C0EE #A072EE

monochromatic

#CDB619 #E7D13B #EEDE72 #F5EBA9 #FBF8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EEDE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#EEDE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDE72

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDE72	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eede72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 222, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e89d',
    500: '#eede72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eede72;
$custom-light: #f6e89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eede72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89196,
    "c": 0.13035,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.71635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDE72

secondary

#3D4FC7

accent

#26DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDE72

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

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