#EEDD53#EEDD53

#EEDD53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.155 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD53
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 65.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.25, -9.83, 67.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.25, 67.98, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.67% -0.033 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(88.67% 0.155 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.6802, 70.5171, 18.4914)
Luminance	0.7052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD53 #5364EE

analogous

#EE8F53 #EEDD53 #B2EE53

triadic

#EEDD53 #53EEDD #DD53EE

tetradic

#EEDD53 #53EE8F #5364EE #EE53B2

square

#EEDD53 #53EE8F #5364EE #EE53B2

split-complementary

#EEDD53 #53B2EE #8F53EE

monochromatic

#B5A312 #E8D21B #EEDD53 #F4E88B #F9F3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EEDD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.10

#EEDD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD53

15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD53	1.00	1.39	15.10	15.10
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.155 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e78a',
    500: '#eedd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd53;
$custom-light: #f7e78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.419,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88672,
    "c": 0.15535,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD53

secondary

#313FB4

accent

#1FDE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD53

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

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