#EED45F#EED45F

#EED45F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.139 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED45F
RGB	rgb(238, 212, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.04, -4.55, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.04, 59.99, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0165 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.139 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.8715, 66.0931, 20.3752)
Luminance	0.6609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED45F #5F79EE

analogous

#EE8C5F #EED45F #C0EE5F

triadic

#EED45F #5FEED4 #D45FEE

tetradic

#EED45F #5FEE8C #5F79EE #EE5FC0

square

#EED45F #5FEE8C #5F79EE #EE5FC0

split-complementary

#EED45F #5FC0EE #8C5FEE

monochromatic

#BE9F14 #E8C528 #EED45F #F4E396 #FAF2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EED45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#EED45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED45F

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED45F	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 212, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.139 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e090',
    500: '#eed45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed45f;
$custom-light: #f7e090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 80.791,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86955,
    "c": 0.1387,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED45F

secondary

#344DBD

accent

#2FDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED45F

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

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