#EED557#EED557

#EED557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.146 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED557
RGB	rgb(238, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -5.57, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 63.72, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.0204 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.146 98)
XYZ	xyz(60.7771, 66.4566, 18.6410)
Luminance	0.6645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED557 #5770EE

analogous

#EE8957 #EED557 #BBEE57

triadic

#EED557 #57EED5 #D557EE

tetradic

#EED557 #57EE89 #5770EE #EE57BB

square

#EED557 #57EE89 #5770EE #EE57BB

split-complementary

#EED557 #57BBEE #8957EE

monochromatic

#B89D13 #E8C71F #EED557 #F4E38F #F9F1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EED557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#EED557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED557

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED557	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.146 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e18c',
    500: '#eed557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed557;
$custom-light: #f7e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.066,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87079,
    "c": 0.14583,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.66454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED557

secondary

#3248B7

accent

#2BDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED557

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

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