#EED55B#EED55B

#EED55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.143 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED55B
RGB	rgb(238, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.26, -5.32, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.26, 62.04, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(87.12% -0.0192 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(87.12% 0.143 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.9451, 66.5238, 19.5257)
Luminance	0.6652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED55B #5B74EE

analogous

#EE8C5B #EED55B #BEEE5B

triadic

#EED55B #5BEED5 #D55BEE

tetradic

#EED55B #5BEE8C #5B74EE #EE5BBE

square

#EED55B #5BEE8C #5B74EE #EE5BBE

split-complementary

#EED55B #5BBEEE #8C5BEE

monochromatic

#BB9F13 #E8C724 #EED55B #F4E392 #F9F1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EED55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#EED55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED55B

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED55B	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)

#E8D04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.143 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e18e',
    500: '#eed55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed55b;
$custom-light: #f7e18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.796,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87117,
    "c": 0.14272,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED55B

secondary

#334ABA

accent

#2CDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED55B

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

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