#EED55C#EED55C

#EED55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.142 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED55C
RGB	rgb(238, 213, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 61.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.27, -5.26, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.27, 61.61, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% -0.0189 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.142 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.9885, 66.5411, 19.7544)
Luminance	0.6654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED55C #5C75EE

analogous

#EE8C5C #EED55C #BEEE5C

triadic

#EED55C #5CEED5 #D55CEE

tetradic

#EED55C #5CEE8C #5C75EE #EE5CBE

square

#EED55C #5CEE8C #5C75EE #EE5CBE

split-complementary

#EED55C #5CBEEE #8C5CEE

monochromatic

#BC9F14 #E8C725 #EED55C #F4E393 #FAF2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EED55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#EED55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED55C

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED55C	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 213, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.142 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e18f',
    500: '#eed55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed55c;
$custom-light: #f7e18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.726,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87127,
    "c": 0.14192,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED55C

secondary

#334BBB

accent

#2DDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED55C

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

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