#EEDB45#EEDB45

#EEDB45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.163 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDB45
RGB	rgb(238, 219, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 71%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.64, -9.55, 71.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.64, 72.60, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(88.16% -0.0336 0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(88.16% 0.163 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.6683, 69.2725, 15.7517)
Luminance	0.6927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDB45 #4558EE

analogous

#EE8645 #EEDB45 #ADEE45

triadic

#EEDB45 #45EEDB #DB45EE

tetradic

#EEDB45 #45EE86 #4558EE #EE45AD

square

#EEDB45 #45EE86 #4558EE #EE45AD

split-complementary

#EEDB45 #45ADEE #8645EE

monochromatic

#A9980F #E1CA15 #EEDB45 #F3E67D #F8F1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EEDB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#EEDB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDB45

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDB45	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 219, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.163 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8e582',
    500: '#eedb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedb45;
$custom-light: #f8e582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.254,
    "s": 83.251,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88156,
    "c": 0.16296,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDB45

secondary

#2D3BAA

accent

#1EE006

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDB45

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

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