#EED559#EED559

#EED559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.144 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED559
RGB	rgb(238, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -5.45, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 62.88, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0198 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.144 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.8599, 66.4897, 19.0773)
Luminance	0.6649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED559 #5972EE

analogous

#EE8B59 #EED559 #BDEE59

triadic

#EED559 #59EED5 #D559EE

tetradic

#EED559 #59EE8B #5972EE #EE59BD

square

#EED559 #59EE8B #5972EE #EE59BD

split-complementary

#EED559 #59BDEE #8B59EE

monochromatic

#BA9E13 #E8C721 #EED559 #F4E391 #F9F1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EED559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#EED559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED559

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED559	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.144 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e18d',
    500: '#eed559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed559;
$custom-light: #f7e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.933,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87097,
    "c": 0.14429,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED559

secondary

#3349B9

accent

#2CDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED559

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

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