#EED56D#EED56D

#EED56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.127 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED56D
RGB	rgb(238, 213, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 54.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.44, -4.04, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.44, 54.04, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.31% -0.0134 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(87.31% 0.127 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.8167, 66.8724, 24.1166)
Luminance	0.6687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED56D #6D86EE

analogous

#EE946D #EED56D #C6EE6D

triadic

#EED56D #6DEED5 #D56DEE

tetradic

#EED56D #6DEE94 #6D86EE #EE6DC6

square

#EED56D #6DEE94 #6D86EE #EE6DC6

split-complementary

#EED56D #6DC6EE #946DEE

monochromatic

#C9A717 #E8C536 #EED56D #F4E5A4 #FBF5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EED56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#EED56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED56D

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED56D	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 213, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.127 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e199',
    500: '#eed56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed56d;
$custom-light: #f6e199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.372,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87313,
    "c": 0.12725,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED56D

secondary

#3954C6

accent

#33DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED56D

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

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