#EEDC62#EEDC62

#EEDC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.143 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC62
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.12, -8.39, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.12, 61.38, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(88.61% -0.0272 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(88.61% 0.143 101)
XYZ	xyz(63.0600, 70.2479, 21.7904)
Luminance	0.7025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC62 #6274EE

analogous

#EE9662 #EEDC62 #BAEE62

triadic

#EEDC62 #62EEDC #DC62EE

tetradic

#EEDC62 #62EE96 #6274EE #EE62BA

square

#EEDC62 #62EE96 #6274EE #EE62BA

split-complementary

#EEDC62 #62BAEE #9662EE

monochromatic

#C1AB15 #E8D02B #EEDC62 #F4E899 #FAF5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EEDC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#EEDC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC62

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC62	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)

#EED655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.143 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e693',
    500: '#eedc62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc62;
$custom-light: #f6e693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88608,
    "c": 0.14281,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.70245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC62

secondary

#3547BF

accent

#24DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC62

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

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