#EED461#EED461

#EED461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.137 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED461
RGB	rgb(238, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.06, -4.41, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.06, 59.11, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.98% -0.0159 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(86.98% 0.137 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.9635, 66.1300, 20.8601)
Luminance	0.6613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED461 #617BEE

analogous

#EE8D61 #EED461 #C1EE61

triadic

#EED461 #61EED4 #D461EE

tetradic

#EED461 #61EE8D #617BEE #EE61C1

square

#EED461 #61EE8D #617BEE #EE61C1

split-complementary

#EED461 #61C1EE #8D61EE

monochromatic

#C0A015 #E8C52A #EED461 #F4E398 #FAF2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EED461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#EED461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED461

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED461	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.137 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e092',
    500: '#eed461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed461;
$custom-light: #f7e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86976,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED461

secondary

#354EBE

accent

#30DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED461

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

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