#EED85A#EED85A

#EED85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.146 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED85A
RGB	rgb(238, 216, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 62.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.02, -6.90, 63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.02, 63.44, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(87.72% -0.0238 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(87.72% 0.146 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.6638, 68.0298, 19.5538)
Luminance	0.6803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED85A #5A70EE

analogous

#EE8E5A #EED85A #BAEE5A

triadic

#EED85A #5AEED8 #D85AEE

tetradic

#EED85A #5AEE8E #5A70EE #EE5ABA

square

#EED85A #5AEE8E #5A70EE #EE5ABA

split-complementary

#EED85A #5ABAEE #8E5AEE

monochromatic

#BAA213 #E8CB23 #EED85A #F4E591 #F9F2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EED85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#EED85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED85A

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED85A	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 216, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.146 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e38e',
    500: '#eed85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed85a;
$custom-light: #f7e38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87715,
    "c": 0.14591,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED85A

secondary

#3347B9

accent

#28DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED85A

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

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