#EED437#EED437

#EED437 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.165 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED437
RGB	rgb(238, 212, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 84%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 76.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.76, -6.61, 74.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.76, 75.21, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.0266 0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.165 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.4960, 65.5429, 13.1309)
Luminance	0.6554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED437 #3751EE

analogous

#EE7837 #EED437 #ADEE37

triadic

#EED437 #37EED4 #D437EE

tetradic

#EED437 #37EE78 #3751EE #EE37AD

square

#EED437 #37EE78 #3751EE #EE37AD

split-complementary

#EED437 #37ADEE #7837EE

monochromatic

#9D890D #D6BA12 #EED437 #F3E06F #F8ECA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EED437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#EED437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED437

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED437	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CE10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 212, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.165 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8e07a',
    500: '#eed437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed437;
$custom-light: #f8e07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.475,
    "s": 84.332,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86642,
    "c": 0.1653,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED437

secondary

#293AA0

accent

#4AFB2D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18150A

muted

#86847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED437

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

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