#EED159#EED159

#EED159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.141 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED159
RGB	rgb(238, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.23, -3.41, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.23, 61.64, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.29% -0.014 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(86.29% 0.141 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.8662, 64.5023, 18.7461)
Luminance	0.6450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED159 #5976EE

analogous

#EE8759 #EED159 #C1EE59

triadic

#EED159 #59EED1 #D159EE

tetradic

#EED159 #59EE87 #5976EE #EE59C1

square

#EED159 #59EE87 #5976EE #EE59C1

split-complementary

#EED159 #59C1EE #8759EE

monochromatic

#BA9913 #E8C221 #EED159 #F4E091 #F9F0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EED159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#EED159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED159

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED159	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.141 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de8d',
    500: '#eed159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed159;
$custom-light: #f7de8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.322,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86291,
    "c": 0.14127,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED159

secondary

#334DB9

accent

#31DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED159

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

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