#EED759#EED759

#EED759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.146 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED759
RGB	rgb(238, 215, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.76, -6.46, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.76, 63.53, 95.83°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0227 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.146 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.3661, 67.5020, 19.2461)
Luminance	0.6750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED759 #5970EE

analogous

#EE8D59 #EED759 #BBEE59

triadic

#EED759 #59EED7 #D759EE

tetradic

#EED759 #59EE8D #5970EE #EE59BB

square

#EED759 #59EE8D #5970EE #EE59BB

split-complementary

#EED759 #59BBEE #8D59EE

monochromatic

#BAA013 #E8CA21 #EED759 #F4E491 #F9F2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EED759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#EED759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED759

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED759	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 215, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.146 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e38d',
    500: '#eed759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed759;
$custom-light: #f7e38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.738,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87503,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED759

secondary

#3347B9

accent

#29DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED759

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

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