#EED462#EED462

#EED462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.136 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED462
RGB	rgb(238, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.07, -4.34, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.07, 58.67, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0156 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.136 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.0105, 66.1487, 21.1072)
Luminance	0.6615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED462 #627CEE

analogous

#EE8E62 #EED462 #C2EE62

triadic

#EED462 #62EED4 #D462EE

tetradic

#EED462 #62EE8E #627CEE #EE62C2

square

#EED462 #62EE8E #627CEE #EE62C2

split-complementary

#EED462 #62C2EE #8E62EE

monochromatic

#C1A115 #E8C52B #EED462 #F4E399 #FAF2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EED462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#EED462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED462

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED462	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)

#E7D056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.136 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e092',
    500: '#eed462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed462;
$custom-light: #f6e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86986,
    "c": 0.1362,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED462

secondary

#354FBF

accent

#30DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED462

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

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