#EED161#EED161

#EED161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.135 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED161
RGB	rgb(238, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.30, -2.88, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.30, 58.16, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.37% -0.0115 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(86.37% 0.135 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.2206, 64.6440, 20.6125)
Luminance	0.6464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED161 #617EEE

analogous

#EE8B61 #EED161 #C4EE61

triadic

#EED161 #61EED1 #D161EE

tetradic

#EED161 #61EE8B #617EEE #EE61C4

square

#EED161 #61EE8B #617EEE #EE61C4

split-complementary

#EED161 #61C4EE #8B61EE

monochromatic

#C09D15 #E8C12A #EED161 #F4E198 #FAF1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EED161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#EED161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED161

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED161	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.135 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de92',
    500: '#eed161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed161;
$custom-light: #f7de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86372,
    "c": 0.13476,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED161

secondary

#3551BE

accent

#34DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED161

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

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