#EED94E#EED94E

#EED94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.156 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED94E
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 67.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.18, -8.10, 68.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.18, 68.62, 96.78°)
OKLab	oklab(87.81% -0.0286 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(87.81% 0.156 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.4506, 68.3556, 17.1634)
Luminance	0.6835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED94E #4E63EE

analogous

#EE894E #EED94E #B3EE4E

triadic

#EED94E #4EEED9 #D94EEE

tetradic

#EED94E #4EEE89 #4E63EE #EE4EB3

square

#EED94E #4EEE89 #4E63EE #EE4EB3

split-complementary

#EED94E #4EB3EE #894EEE

monochromatic

#B19C11 #E8CD16 #EED94E #F3E586 #F9F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EED94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#EED94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED94E

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED94E	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.156 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e487',
    500: '#eed94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed94e;
$custom-light: #f7e487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.125,
    "s": 82.474,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87814,
    "c": 0.15553,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED94E

secondary

#2F40B1

accent

#23DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED94E

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

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