#EED561#EED561

#EED561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.138 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED561
RGB	rgb(238, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.32, -4.92, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.32, 59.44, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.0174 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.138 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.2143, 66.6315, 20.9437)
Luminance	0.6663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED561 #617AEE

analogous

#EE8E61 #EED561 #C0EE61

triadic

#EED561 #61EED5 #D561EE

tetradic

#EED561 #61EE8E #617AEE #EE61C0

square

#EED561 #61EE8E #617AEE #EE61C0

split-complementary

#EED561 #61C0EE #8E61EE

monochromatic

#C0A215 #E8C62A #EED561 #F4E498 #FAF2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EED561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#EED561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED561

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED561	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.138 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e192',
    500: '#eed561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed561;
$custom-light: #f7e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87178,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED561

secondary

#354DBE

accent

#2EDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED561

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

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