#EEDC59#EEDC59

#EEDC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.150 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC59
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.04, -8.97, 64.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.04, 65.20, 97.91°)
OKLab	oklab(88.52% -0.0299 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(88.52% 0.15 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.6588, 70.0874, 19.6769)
Luminance	0.7008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC59 #596BEE

analogous

#EE9259 #EEDC59 #B5EE59

triadic

#EEDC59 #59EEDC #DC59EE

tetradic

#EEDC59 #59EE92 #596BEE #EE59B5

square

#EEDC59 #59EE92 #596BEE #EE59B5

split-complementary

#EEDC59 #59B5EE #9259EE

monochromatic

#BAA513 #E8D021 #EEDC59 #F4E891 #F9F3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EEDC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#EEDC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC59

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC59	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.150 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e68d',
    500: '#eedc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc59;
$custom-light: #f7e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.752,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8852,
    "c": 0.15004,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC59

secondary

#3343B9

accent

#22DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC59

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

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