#EED36D#EED36D

#EED36D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.126 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED36D
RGB	rgb(238, 211, 109)
HSL	hsl(47, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 54.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -3.02, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 53.38, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(86.91% -0.0105 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(86.91% 0.126 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.3168, 65.8725, 23.9499)
Luminance	0.6587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED36D #6D88EE

analogous

#EE926D #EED36D #C8EE6D

triadic

#EED36D #6DEED3 #D36DEE

tetradic

#EED36D #6DEE92 #6D88EE #EE6DC8

square

#EED36D #6DEE92 #6D88EE #EE6DC8

split-complementary

#EED36D #6DC8EE #926DEE

monochromatic

#C9A417 #E8C236 #EED36D #F4E4A4 #FBF4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EED36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#EED36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED36D

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED36D	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CF64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 211, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.126 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e099',
    500: '#eed36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed36d;
$custom-light: #f6e099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86912,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED36D

secondary

#3957C6

accent

#36DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED36D

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

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