#EED55F#EED55F

#EED55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.139 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED55F
RGB	rgb(238, 213, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 60.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.30, -5.06, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.30, 60.31, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.16% -0.018 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(87.16% 0.139 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.1222, 66.5946, 20.4588)
Luminance	0.6659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED55F #5F78EE

analogous

#EE8D5F #EED55F #C0EE5F

triadic

#EED55F #5FEED5 #D55FEE

tetradic

#EED55F #5FEE8D #5F78EE #EE5FC0

square

#EED55F #5FEE8D #5F78EE #EE5FC0

split-complementary

#EED55F #5FC0EE #8D5FEE

monochromatic

#BEA114 #E8C628 #EED55F #F4E496 #FAF2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EED55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#EED55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED55F

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED55F	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 213, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.139 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e191',
    500: '#eed55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed55f;
$custom-light: #f7e191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 80.791,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87157,
    "c": 0.13948,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED55F

secondary

#344CBD

accent

#2EDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED55F

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

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