#EEDA55#EEDA55

#EEDA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.151 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDA55
RGB	rgb(238, 218, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.49, -8.21, 65.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.49, 66.17, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(88.08% -0.0281 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(88.08% 0.151 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.9736, 68.9785, 18.6423)
Luminance	0.6898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDA55 #5569EE

analogous

#EE8D55 #EEDA55 #B5EE55

triadic

#EEDA55 #55EEDA #DA55EE

tetradic

#EEDA55 #55EE8D #5569EE #EE55B5

square

#EEDA55 #55EE8D #5569EE #EE55B5

split-complementary

#EEDA55 #55B5EE #8D55EE

monochromatic

#B6A112 #E8CE1D #EEDA55 #F4E68D #F9F2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EEDA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#EEDA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDA55

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDA55	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeda55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 218, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.151 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e58b',
    500: '#eeda55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeda55;
$custom-light: #f7e58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeda55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.157,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88076,
    "c": 0.15136,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDA55

secondary

#3143B6

accent

#23DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDA55

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

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