#EED459#EED459

#EED459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.144 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED459
RGB	rgb(238, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -4.94, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 62.57, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% -0.0183 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.144 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.6092, 65.9882, 18.9938)
Luminance	0.6599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED459 #5973EE

analogous

#EE8A59 #EED459 #BEEE59

triadic

#EED459 #59EED4 #D459EE

tetradic

#EED459 #59EE8A #5973EE #EE59BE

square

#EED459 #59EE8A #5973EE #EE59BE

split-complementary

#EED459 #59BEEE #8A59EE

monochromatic

#BA9D13 #E8C621 #EED459 #F4E291 #F9F1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EED459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#EED459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED459

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED459	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.144 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e08d',
    500: '#eed459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed459;
$custom-light: #f7e08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.53,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86895,
    "c": 0.14352,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED459

secondary

#334AB9

accent

#2DDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED459

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

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