#EED965#EED965

#EED965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.138 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED965
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.38, -6.66, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.38, 59.02, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(88.03% -0.0219 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(88.03% 0.138 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.4241, 68.7450, 22.2904)
Luminance	0.6874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED965 #657AEE

analogous

#EE9565 #EED965 #BFEE65

triadic

#EED965 #65EED9 #D965EE

tetradic

#EED965 #65EE95 #657AEE #EE65BF

square

#EED965 #65EE95 #657AEE #EE65BF

split-complementary

#EED965 #65BFEE #9565EE

monochromatic

#C3A816 #E8CB2E #EED965 #F4E79C #FAF4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EED965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#EED965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED965

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED965	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.138 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e495',
    500: '#eed965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed965;
$custom-light: #f6e495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8803,
    "c": 0.13769,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED965

secondary

#364CC1

accent

#29DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED965

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

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