#EEDB61#EEDB61

#EEDB61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.143 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDB61
RGB	rgb(238, 219, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.85, -7.95, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.85, 61.46, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(88.39% -0.0261 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(88.39% 0.143 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.7515, 69.7058, 21.4561)
Luminance	0.6970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDB61 #6174EE

analogous

#EE9461 #EEDB61 #BAEE61

triadic

#EEDB61 #61EEDB #DB61EE

tetradic

#EEDB61 #61EE94 #6174EE #EE61BA

square

#EEDB61 #61EE94 #6174EE #EE61BA

split-complementary

#EEDB61 #61BAEE #9461EE

monochromatic

#C0A915 #E8CE2A #EEDB61 #F4E898 #FAF4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EEDB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#EEDB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDB61

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDB61	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 219, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.143 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e592',
    500: '#eedb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedb61;
$custom-light: #f6e592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.915,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88394,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDB61

secondary

#3548BE

accent

#25DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDB61

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

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