#EED537#EED537

#EED537 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.166 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED537
RGB	rgb(238, 213, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 84%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 76.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.02, -7.11, 75.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.02, 75.49, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0281 0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.166 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.7467, 66.0444, 13.2145)
Luminance	0.6604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED537 #3750EE

analogous

#EE7937 #EED537 #ACEE37

triadic

#EED537 #37EED5 #D537EE

tetradic

#EED537 #37EE79 #3750EE #EE37AC

square

#EED537 #37EE79 #3750EE #EE37AC

split-complementary

#EED537 #37ACEE #7937EE

monochromatic

#9D8A0D #D6BB12 #EED537 #F3E16F #F8EDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EED537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#EED537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED537

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED537	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)

#EACF0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 213, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.166 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8e17a',
    500: '#eed537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed537;
$custom-light: #f8e17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.803,
    "s": 84.332,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86846,
    "c": 0.16603,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED537

secondary

#2939A0

accent

#49FB2D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18150A

muted

#86847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED537

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

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