#EEDA61#EEDA61
#EEDA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.142 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EEDA61 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 218, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 81%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 59%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 59.2%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.60, -7.45, 60.66) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(86.60, 61.12, 97.00°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.19% -0.0246 0.1398) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.19% 0.142 100) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.4914, 69.1856, 21.3694) |
| Luminance | 0.6918 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.08
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 2.57
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 3.19
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.39
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.46
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EEDA61 #6175EE
analogous
#EE9361 #EEDA61 #BCEE61
triadic
#EEDA61 #61EEDA #DA61EE
tetradic
#EEDA61 #61EE93 #6175EE #EE61BC
square
#EEDA61 #61EE93 #6175EE #EE61BC
split-complementary
#EEDA61 #61BCEE #9361EE
monochromatic
#C0A815 #E8CD2A #EEDA61 #F4E798 #FAF4D0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.42
#EEDA61 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.84
#EEDA61 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EEDA61
14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EEDA61 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EEDA61 | 1.00 | 1.42 | 14.84 | 14.84 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.42 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EDD454
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F2DC67
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFCCC0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D9D9D9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eeda61; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 218, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.142 100.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6e592',
500: '#eeda61',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eeda61; $custom-light: #f6e592; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eeda61",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 218,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.489,
"s": 80.571,
"l": 65.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8819,
"c": 0.14192,
"h": 100
},
"luminance": 0.69183
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EEDA61
secondary
#3548BE
accent
#27DD09
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18150D
muted
#86847F