#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
RGB	rgb(238, 213, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 62.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -5.38, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 62.46, 94.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.11% -0.0195 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(87.11% 0.144 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.9022, 66.5066, 19.3000)
Luminance	0.6650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##EED55A	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)

#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

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

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