#EEDB66#EEDB66

#EEDB66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.139 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDB66
RGB	rgb(238, 219, 102)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 57.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.90, -7.60, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.90, 59.27, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(88.45% -0.0245 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(88.45% 0.139 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.9920, 69.8020, 22.7228)
Luminance	0.6980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDB66 #6679EE

analogous

#EE9766 #EEDB66 #BDEE66

triadic

#EEDB66 #66EEDB #DB66EE

tetradic

#EEDB66 #66EE97 #6679EE #EE66BD

square

#EEDB66 #66EE97 #6679EE #EE66BD

split-complementary

#EEDB66 #66BDEE #9766EE

monochromatic

#C4AC16 #E8CE2F #EEDB66 #F4E89D #FAF5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EEDB66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#EEDB66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDB66

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDB66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDB66	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedb66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 219, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.139 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e595',
    500: '#eedb66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedb66;
$custom-light: #f6e595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedb66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88447,
    "c": 0.13853,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDB66

secondary

#374AC2

accent

#27DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDB66

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

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