#EED55E#EED55E

#EED55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.140 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED55E
RGB	rgb(238, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.29, -5.12, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.29, 60.75, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(87.15% -0.0183 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(87.15% 0.14 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.0771, 66.5766, 20.2209)
Luminance	0.6657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED55E #5E77EE

analogous

#EE8D5E #EED55E #BFEE5E

triadic

#EED55E #5EEED5 #D55EEE

tetradic

#EED55E #5EEE8D #5E77EE #EE5EBF

square

#EED55E #5EEE8D #5E77EE #EE5EBF

split-complementary

#EED55E #5EBFEE #8D5EEE

monochromatic

#BEA014 #E8C727 #EED55E #F4E395 #FAF2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EED55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#EED55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED55E

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED55E	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)

#E8D051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.140 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e190',
    500: '#eed55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed55e;
$custom-light: #f7e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.583,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87147,
    "c": 0.1403,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED55E

secondary

#344CBC

accent

#2DDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED55E

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

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