#EEED78#EEED78

#EEED78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.140 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEED78
RGB	rgb(238, 237, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 49.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.73, -15.12, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.73, 58.19, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(92.35% -0.0441 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(92.35% 0.14 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.9359, 80.1033, 29.5958)
Luminance	0.8010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEED78 #7879EE

analogous

#EEB278 #EEED78 #B4EE78

triadic

#EEED78 #78EEED #ED78EE

tetradic

#EEED78 #78EEB2 #7879EE #EE78B4

square

#EEED78 #78EEB2 #7879EE #EE78B4

split-complementary

#EEED78 #78B4EE #B278EE

monochromatic

#D1D01A #E7E642 #EEED78 #F5F4AE #FCFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEED78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.02

#EEED78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEED78

17.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEED78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEED78	1.00	1.23	17.02	17.02
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE56D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeed78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 237, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.140 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f2a2',
    500: '#eeed78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeed78;
$custom-light: #f6f2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeed78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.492,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92346,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEED78

secondary

#4344C7

accent

#0DDA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEED78

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

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