#EED45E#EED45E

#EED45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.140 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED45E
RGB	rgb(238, 212, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.03, -4.62, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.03, 60.43, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(86.95% -0.0168 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(86.95% 0.14 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.8263, 66.0751, 20.1373)
Luminance	0.6607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED45E #5E78EE

analogous

#EE8C5E #EED45E #C0EE5E

triadic

#EED45E #5EEED4 #D45EEE

tetradic

#EED45E #5EEE8C #5E78EE #EE5EC0

square

#EED45E #5EEE8C #5E78EE #EE5EC0

split-complementary

#EED45E #5EC0EE #8C5EEE

monochromatic

#BE9F14 #E8C527 #EED45E #F4E395 #FAF2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EED45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#EED45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED45E

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED45E	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 212, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.140 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e090',
    500: '#eed45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed45e;
$custom-light: #f7e090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86945,
    "c": 0.13952,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED45E

secondary

#344DBC

accent

#2FDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED45E

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

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