#EED85C#EED85C

#EED85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.144 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED85C
RGB	rgb(238, 216, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 61.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.04, -6.77, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.04, 62.59, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.73% -0.0232 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(87.73% 0.144 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.7500, 68.0643, 20.0082)
Luminance	0.6806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED85C #5C72EE

analogous

#EE8F5C #EED85C #BBEE5C

triadic

#EED85C #5CEED8 #D85CEE

tetradic

#EED85C #5CEE8F #5C72EE #EE5CBB

square

#EED85C #5CEE8F #5C72EE #EE5CBB

split-complementary

#EED85C #5CBBEE #8F5CEE

monochromatic

#BCA314 #E8CB25 #EED85C #F4E593 #FAF3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EED85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#EED85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED85C

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED85C	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)

#EBD34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 216, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.144 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e38f',
    500: '#eed85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed85c;
$custom-light: #f7e38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87734,
    "c": 0.14433,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED85C

secondary

#3348BB

accent

#28DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED85C

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

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