#EEDE78#EEDE78

#EEDE78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.125 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDE78
RGB	rgb(238, 222, 120)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 49.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.86, -7.68, 51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.86, 52.14, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.0228 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.125 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.7732, 71.7780, 28.2082)
Luminance	0.7178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDE78 #7888EE

analogous

#EEA378 #EEDE78 #C3EE78

triadic

#EEDE78 #78EEDE #DE78EE

tetradic

#EEDE78 #78EEA3 #7888EE #EE78C3

square

#EEDE78 #78EEA3 #7888EE #EE78C3

split-complementary

#EEDE78 #78C3EE #A378EE

monochromatic

#D1B81A #E7D142 #EEDE78 #F5EBAE #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EEDE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#EEDE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDE78

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDE78	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD96F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eede78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 222, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.125 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e8a1',
    500: '#eede78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eede78;
$custom-light: #f6e8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eede78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89272,
    "c": 0.12459,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDE78

secondary

#4355C7

accent

#28DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDE78

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

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