#EED361#EED361

#EED361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.136 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED361
RGB	rgb(238, 211, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, -3.90, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 58.79, 93.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.0144 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.136 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.7143, 65.6316, 20.7771)
Luminance	0.6563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED361 #617CEE

analogous

#EE8D61 #EED361 #C2EE61

triadic

#EED361 #61EED3 #D361EE

tetradic

#EED361 #61EE8D #617CEE #EE61C2

square

#EED361 #61EE8D #617CEE #EE61C2

split-complementary

#EED361 #61C2EE #8D61EE

monochromatic

#C09F15 #E8C42A #EED361 #F4E298 #FAF2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EED361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#EED361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED361

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED361	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 211, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.136 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e092',
    500: '#eed361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed361;
$custom-light: #f7e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86774,
    "c": 0.13627,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED361

secondary

#354FBE

accent

#31DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED361

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

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