#EED85F#EED85F

#EED85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.142 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED85F
RGB	rgb(238, 216, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 60.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.07, -6.58, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.07, 61.30, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.76% -0.0223 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(87.76% 0.142 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.8838, 68.1178, 20.7126)
Luminance	0.6812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED85F #5F75EE

analogous

#EE905F #EED85F #BDEE5F

triadic

#EED85F #5FEED8 #D85FEE

tetradic

#EED85F #5FEE90 #5F75EE #EE5FBD

square

#EED85F #5FEE90 #5F75EE #EE5FBD

split-complementary

#EED85F #5FBDEE #905FEE

monochromatic

#BEA414 #E8CB28 #EED85F #F4E596 #FAF3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EED85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#EED85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED85F

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED85F	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)

#EBD352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 216, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.142 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e391',
    500: '#eed85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed85f;
$custom-light: #f7e391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 80.791,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87764,
    "c": 0.1419,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED85F

secondary

#3449BD

accent

#29DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED85F

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

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