#EED859#EED859

#EED859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.147 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED859
RGB	rgb(238, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.01, -6.96, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.01, 63.86, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(87.71% -0.0241 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(87.71% 0.147 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.6215, 68.0128, 19.3312)
Luminance	0.6801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED859 #596FEE

analogous

#EE8E59 #EED859 #BAEE59

triadic

#EED859 #59EED8 #D859EE

tetradic

#EED859 #59EE8E #596FEE #EE59BA

square

#EED859 #59EE8E #596FEE #EE59BA

split-complementary

#EED859 #59BAEE #8E59EE

monochromatic

#BAA113 #E8CB21 #EED859 #F4E591 #F9F2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EED859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#EED859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED859

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED859	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.147 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e38d',
    500: '#eed859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed859;
$custom-light: #f7e38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.141,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87706,
    "c": 0.14669,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED859

secondary

#3346B9

accent

#27DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED859

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

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