#EED661#EED661

#EED661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.139 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED661
RGB	rgb(238, 214, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -5.43, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 59.77, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.38% -0.0188 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(87.38% 0.139 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.4666, 67.1361, 21.0278)
Luminance	0.6713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED661 #6179EE

analogous

#EE8F61 #EED661 #BFEE61

triadic

#EED661 #61EED6 #D661EE

tetradic

#EED661 #61EE8F #6179EE #EE61BF

square

#EED661 #61EE8F #6179EE #EE61BF

split-complementary

#EED661 #61BFEE #8F61EE

monochromatic

#C0A315 #E8C82A #EED661 #F4E498 #FAF3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EED661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#EED661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED661

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED661	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 214, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.139 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e292',
    500: '#eed661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed661;
$custom-light: #f7e292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8738,
    "c": 0.13861,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED661

secondary

#354CBE

accent

#2DDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED661

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

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