#EED555#EED555

#EED555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.147 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED555
RGB	rgb(238, 213, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.21, -5.69, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.21, 64.55, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(87.06% -0.0209 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(87.06% 0.147 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.6965, 66.4243, 18.2166)
Luminance	0.6642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED555 #556EEE

analogous

#EE8855 #EED555 #BAEE55

triadic

#EED555 #55EED5 #D555EE

tetradic

#EED555 #55EE88 #556EEE #EE55BA

square

#EED555 #55EE88 #556EEE #EE55BA

split-complementary

#EED555 #55BAEE #8855EE

monochromatic

#B69C12 #E8C71D #EED555 #F4E38D #F9F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EED555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#EED555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED555

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED555	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 213, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.147 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e18a',
    500: '#eed555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed555;
$custom-light: #f7e18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.196,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87061,
    "c": 0.14735,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED555

secondary

#3147B6

accent

#2ADE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED555

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

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