#EED656#EED656

#EED656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.147 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED656
RGB	rgb(238, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -6.14, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 64.46, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(87.27% -0.0221 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(87.27% 0.147 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.9888, 66.9449, 18.5115)
Luminance	0.6694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED656 #566EEE

analogous

#EE8A56 #EED656 #BAEE56

triadic

#EED656 #56EED6 #D656EE

tetradic

#EED656 #56EE8A #566EEE #EE56BA

square

#EED656 #56EE8A #566EEE #EE56BA

split-complementary

#EED656 #56BAEE #8A56EE

monochromatic

#B79D12 #E8C91E #EED656 #F4E38E #F9F1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EED656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#EED656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED656

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED656	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.147 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e28b',
    500: '#eed656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed656;
$custom-light: #f7e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87272,
    "c": 0.14738,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED656

secondary

#3247B7

accent

#29DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED656

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

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