Dull Yellow#EEDC5B

#EEDC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.148 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Dull Yellow — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#EEDC5B
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -8.85, 63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 64.37, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.54% -0.0293 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(88.54% 0.148 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.7439, 70.1214, 20.1253)
Luminance	0.7012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC5B #5B6DEE

analogous

#EE935B #EEDC5B #B7EE5B

triadic

#EEDC5B #5BEEDC #DC5BEE

tetradic

#EEDC5B #5BEE93 #5B6DEE #EE5BB7

square

#EEDC5B #5BEE93 #5B6DEE #EE5BB7

split-complementary

#EEDC5B #5BB7EE #935BEE

monochromatic

#BBA713 #E8D024 #EEDC5B #F4E892 #F9F4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EEDC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#EEDC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC5B

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC5B	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)

#EFD64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.148 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e68f',
    500: '#eedc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc5b;
$custom-light: #f7e68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88539,
    "c": 0.14848,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC5B

secondary

#3344BA

accent

#22DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC5B

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

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