#EED85D#EED85D

#EED85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.144 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED85D
RGB	rgb(238, 216, 93)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 60.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.05, -6.71, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.05, 62.16, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.74% -0.023 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(87.74% 0.144 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.7940, 68.0819, 20.2400)
Luminance	0.6808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED85D #5D73EE

analogous

#EE905D #EED85D #BBEE5D

triadic

#EED85D #5DEED8 #D85DEE

tetradic

#EED85D #5DEE90 #5D73EE #EE5DBB

square

#EED85D #5DEE90 #5D73EE #EE5DBB

split-complementary

#EED85D #5DBBEE #905DEE

monochromatic

#BDA314 #E8CB26 #EED85D #F4E594 #FAF3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EED85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#EED85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED85D

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED85D	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 216, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.144 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e38f',
    500: '#eed85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed85d;
$custom-light: #f7e38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87744,
    "c": 0.14353,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED85D

secondary

#3448BB

accent

#28DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED85D

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

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