#EEED79#EEED79

#EEED79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.139 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEED79
RGB	rgb(238, 237, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.74, -15.04, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.74, 57.73, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(92.36% -0.0438 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(92.36% 0.139 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.9969, 80.1277, 29.9171)
Luminance	0.8013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEED79 #797AEE

analogous

#EEB279 #EEED79 #B4EE79

triadic

#EEED79 #79EEED #ED79EE

tetradic

#EEED79 #79EEB2 #797AEE #EE79B4

square

#EEED79 #79EEB2 #797AEE #EE79B4

split-complementary

#EEED79 #79B4EE #B279EE

monochromatic

#D2D01B #E7E643 #EEED79 #F5F4AF #FCFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EEED79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.03

#EEED79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEED79

17.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEED79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEED79	1.00	1.23	17.03	17.03
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE97F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeed79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 237, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.139 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f2a2',
    500: '#eeed79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeed79;
$custom-light: #f6f2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeed79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.487,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92359,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEED79

secondary

#4445C7

accent

#0EDA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEED79

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

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