#EED156#EED156

#EED156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.144 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED156
RGB	rgb(238, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -3.60, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 62.90, 93.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% -0.0148 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.144 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.7428, 64.4529, 18.0961)
Luminance	0.6445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED156 #5673EE

analogous

#EE8556 #EED156 #BFEE56

triadic

#EED156 #56EED1 #D156EE

tetradic

#EED156 #56EE85 #5673EE #EE56BF

square

#EED156 #56EE85 #5673EE #EE56BF

split-complementary

#EED156 #56BFEE #8556EE

monochromatic

#B79812 #E8C21E #EED156 #F4E08E #F9EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EED156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#EED156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED156

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED156	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.144 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de8b',
    500: '#eed156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed156;
$custom-light: #f7de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.553,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86262,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED156

secondary

#324BB7

accent

#30DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED156

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

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