#EED55A#EED55A

#EED55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.144 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EED55A
RGBrgb(238, 213, 90)
HSLhsl(50, 81%, 64%)
HSVhsv(50, 62%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.5%, 62.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(85.25, -5.38, 62.23)
CIE-LCHlch(85.25, 62.46, 94.94°)
OKLaboklab(87.11% -0.0195 0.1422)
OKLCHoklch(87.11% 0.144 97.8)
XYZxyz(60.9022, 66.5066, 19.3000)
Luminance0.6650 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EED55A #5A73EE
analogous
#EE8B5A #EED55A #BDEE5A
triadic
#EED55A #5AEED5 #D55AEE
tetradic
#EED55A #5AEE8B #5A73EE #EE5ABD
square
#EED55A #5AEE8B #5A73EE #EE5ABD
split-complementary
#EED55A #5ABDEE #8B5AEE
monochromatic
#BA9E13 #E8C723 #EED55A #F4E391 #F9F1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47
#EED55A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30
#EED55A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED55A
14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EED55A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EED55A1.001.4714.3014.30
#FFFFFF1.471.0021.0021.00
#00000014.3021.001.001.00
##00000014.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E8D04C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EFD960
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC6BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #eed55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 213, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.144 97.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e18d',
    500: '#eed55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #eed55a;
$custom-light: #f7e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#eed55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.865,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87107,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EED55A
secondary
#334AB9
accent
#2CDE08
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18150D
muted
#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED55A

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#EED55A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva