#EEDE79#EEDE79

#EEDE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDE79
RGB	rgb(238, 222, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.87, -7.59, 51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.87, 51.67, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.29% -0.0224 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(89.29% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.8342, 71.8024, 28.5295)
Luminance	0.7180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDE79 #7989EE

analogous

#EEA379 #EEDE79 #C3EE79

triadic

#EEDE79 #79EEDE #DE79EE

tetradic

#EEDE79 #79EEA3 #7989EE #EE79C3

square

#EEDE79 #79EEA3 #7989EE #EE79C3

split-complementary

#EEDE79 #79C3EE #A379EE

monochromatic

#D2B91B #E7D143 #EEDE79 #F5EBAF #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EEDE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#EEDE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDE79

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDE79	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)

#EFD970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eede79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 222, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e8a2',
    500: '#eede79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eede79;
$custom-light: #f6e8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eede79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89285,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDE79

secondary

#4456C7

accent

#28DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDE79

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

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