#EED956#EED956

#EED956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.150 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED956
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.24, -7.65, 64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.24, 65.43, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0264 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.15 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.7550, 68.4774, 18.7669)
Luminance	0.6847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED956 #566BEE

analogous

#EE8D56 #EED956 #B7EE56

triadic

#EED956 #56EED9 #D956EE

tetradic

#EED956 #56EE8D #566BEE #EE56B7

square

#EED956 #56EE8D #566BEE #EE56B7

split-complementary

#EED956 #56B7EE #8D56EE

monochromatic

#B7A012 #E8CC1E #EED956 #F4E68E #F9F2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EED956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#EED956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED956

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED956	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.150 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e48b',
    500: '#eed956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed956;
$custom-light: #f7e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.711,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87881,
    "c": 0.14979,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED956

secondary

#3244B7

accent

#25DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED956

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

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