#EEDC60#EEDC60

#EEDC60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.144 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC60
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 96)
HSL	hsl(52, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.10, -8.52, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.10, 62.24, 97.87°)
OKLab	oklab(88.59% -0.0278 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(88.59% 0.144 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.9668, 70.2106, 21.2993)
Luminance	0.7021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC60 #6072EE

analogous

#EE9560 #EEDC60 #B9EE60

triadic

#EEDC60 #60EEDC #DC60EE

tetradic

#EEDC60 #60EE95 #6072EE #EE60B9

square

#EEDC60 #60EE95 #6072EE #EE60B9

split-complementary

#EEDC60 #60B9EE #9560EE

monochromatic

#BFAA14 #E8D029 #EEDC60 #F4E897 #FAF4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EEDC60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#EEDC60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC60

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC60	1.00	1.40	15.04	15.04
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.144 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e692',
    500: '#eedc60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc60;
$custom-light: #f7e692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.394,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88587,
    "c": 0.14447,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC60

secondary

#3546BD

accent

#23DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC60

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

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