#EEED72#EEED72

#EEED72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.145 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEED72
RGB	rgb(238, 237, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.67, -15.62, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.67, 60.89, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(92.28% -0.0461 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(92.28% 0.145 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.5831, 79.9622, 27.7378)
Luminance	0.7996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEED72 #7273EE

analogous

#EEAF72 #EEED72 #B1EE72

triadic

#EEED72 #72EEED #ED72EE

tetradic

#EEED72 #72EEAF #7273EE #EE72B1

square

#EEED72 #72EEAF #7273EE #EE72B1

split-complementary

#EEED72 #72B1EE #AF72EE

monochromatic

#CDCB19 #E7E63B #EEED72 #F5F4A9 #FBFBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEED72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.99

#EEED72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEED72

16.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEED72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEED72	1.00	1.24	16.99	16.99
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDE0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeed72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 237, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.145 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f29e',
    500: '#eeed72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeed72;
$custom-light: #f6f29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeed72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92275,
    "c": 0.1453,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEED72

secondary

#3D3FC7

accent

#0CDB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEED72

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

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