#EED55D#EED55D

#EED55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.141 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED55D
RGB	rgb(238, 213, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 60.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.28, -5.19, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.28, 61.18, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0186 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.141 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.0325, 66.5587, 19.9861)
Luminance	0.6656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED55D #5D76EE

analogous

#EE8C5D #EED55D #BFEE5D

triadic

#EED55D #5DEED5 #D55DEE

tetradic

#EED55D #5DEE8C #5D76EE #EE5DBF

square

#EED55D #5DEE8C #5D76EE #EE5DBF

split-complementary

#EED55D #5DBFEE #8C5DEE

monochromatic

#BDA014 #E8C726 #EED55D #F4E394 #FAF2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EED55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#EED55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED55D

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED55D	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)

#E8D050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 213, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.141 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e18f',
    500: '#eed55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed55d;
$custom-light: #f7e18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87136,
    "c": 0.14111,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED55D

secondary

#344BBB

accent

#2DDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED55D

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

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