#EEDC55#EEDC55

#EEDC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.153 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC55
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.01, -9.22, 66.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.01, 66.84, 97.92°)
OKLab	oklab(88.48% -0.031 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(88.48% 0.153 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.4953, 70.0220, 18.8163)
Luminance	0.7002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC55 #5567EE

analogous

#EE8F55 #EEDC55 #B3EE55

triadic

#EEDC55 #55EEDC #DC55EE

tetradic

#EEDC55 #55EE8F #5567EE #EE55B3

square

#EEDC55 #55EE8F #5567EE #EE55B3

split-complementary

#EEDC55 #55B3EE #8F55EE

monochromatic

#B6A312 #E8D11D #EEDC55 #F4E78D #F9F3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EEDC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#EEDC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC55

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC55	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.153 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e68b',
    500: '#eedc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc55;
$custom-light: #f7e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88484,
    "c": 0.15304,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC55

secondary

#3141B6

accent

#21DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC55

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

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