#EED85E#EED85E

#EED85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.143 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED85E
RGB	rgb(238, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.06, -6.64, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.06, 61.74, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(87.75% -0.0226 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(87.75% 0.143 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.8386, 68.0997, 20.4748)
Luminance	0.6810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED85E #5E74EE

analogous

#EE905E #EED85E #BCEE5E

triadic

#EED85E #5EEED8 #D85EEE

tetradic

#EED85E #5EEE90 #5E74EE #EE5EBC

square

#EED85E #5EEE90 #5E74EE #EE5EBC

split-complementary

#EED85E #5EBCEE #905EEE

monochromatic

#BEA414 #E8CB27 #EED85E #F4E595 #FAF3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EED85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#EED85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED85E

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED85E	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)

#EBD351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.143 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e390',
    500: '#eed85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed85e;
$custom-light: #f7e390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87754,
    "c": 0.14272,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED85E

secondary

#3449BC

accent

#29DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED85E

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

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