#EEDC57#EEDC57

#EEDC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.152 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC57
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.02, -9.10, 65.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.02, 66.02, 97.92°)
OKLab	oklab(88.5% -0.0304 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(88.5% 0.152 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.5759, 70.0542, 19.2406)
Luminance	0.7005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC57 #5769EE

analogous

#EE9057 #EEDC57 #B4EE57

triadic

#EEDC57 #57EEDC #DC57EE

tetradic

#EEDC57 #57EE90 #5769EE #EE57B4

square

#EEDC57 #57EE90 #5769EE #EE57B4

split-complementary

#EEDC57 #57B4EE #9057EE

monochromatic

#B8A413 #E8D01F #EEDC57 #F4E88F #F9F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EEDC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#EEDC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC57

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC57	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.152 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e68c',
    500: '#eedc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc57;
$custom-light: #f7e68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.848,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88502,
    "c": 0.15155,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC57

secondary

#3242B7

accent

#21DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC57

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

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