#EEDC61#EEDC61

#EEDC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.144 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC61
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.11, -8.45, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.11, 61.81, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(88.6% -0.0275 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(88.6% 0.144 101)
XYZ	xyz(63.0131, 70.2291, 21.5433)
Luminance	0.7023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC61 #6173EE

analogous

#EE9561 #EEDC61 #BAEE61

triadic

#EEDC61 #61EEDC #DC61EE

tetradic

#EEDC61 #61EE95 #6173EE #EE61BA

square

#EEDC61 #61EE95 #6173EE #EE61BA

split-complementary

#EEDC61 #61BAEE #9561EE

monochromatic

#C0AA15 #E8D02A #EEDC61 #F4E898 #FAF4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EEDC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#EEDC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC61

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC61	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.144 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e692',
    500: '#eedc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc61;
$custom-light: #f6e692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88598,
    "c": 0.14365,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.70227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC61

secondary

#3547BE

accent

#24DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC61

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

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