#EED261#EED261

#EED261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.136 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED261
RGB	rgb(238, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.55, -3.39, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.55, 58.48, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(86.57% -0.013 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(86.57% 0.136 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.4667, 65.1363, 20.6945)
Luminance	0.6513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED261 #617DEE

analogous

#EE8B61 #EED261 #C3EE61

triadic

#EED261 #61EED2 #D261EE

tetradic

#EED261 #61EE8B #617DEE #EE61C3

square

#EED261 #61EE8B #617DEE #EE61C3

split-complementary

#EED261 #61C3EE #8B61EE

monochromatic

#C09E15 #E8C22A #EED261 #F4E298 #FAF1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EED261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#EED261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED261

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED261	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.136 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7df92',
    500: '#eed261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed261;
$custom-light: #f7df92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86573,
    "c": 0.13551,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED261

secondary

#3550BE

accent

#33DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED261

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

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