#EED259#EED259

#EED259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.142 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED259
RGB	rgb(238, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.48, -3.92, 61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.48, 61.94, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.49% -0.0154 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(86.49% 0.142 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.1123, 64.9945, 18.8281)
Luminance	0.6499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED259 #5975EE

analogous

#EE8859 #EED259 #C0EE59

triadic

#EED259 #59EED2 #D259EE

tetradic

#EED259 #59EE88 #5975EE #EE59C0

square

#EED259 #59EE88 #5975EE #EE59C0

split-complementary

#EED259 #59C0EE #8859EE

monochromatic

#BA9A13 #E8C321 #EED259 #F4E191 #F9F0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EED259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#EED259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED259

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED259	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.142 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7df8d',
    500: '#eed259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed259;
$custom-light: #f7df8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.725,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86492,
    "c": 0.14201,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED259

secondary

#334CB9

accent

#30DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED259

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

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