#EEDD57#EEDD57

#EEDD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.152 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD57
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.28, -9.60, 65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.28, 66.37, 98.31°)
OKLab	oklab(88.71% -0.0319 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(88.71% 0.152 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.8391, 70.5807, 19.3284)
Luminance	0.7058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD57 #5768EE

analogous

#EE9157 #EEDD57 #B3EE57

triadic

#EEDD57 #57EEDD #DD57EE

tetradic

#EEDD57 #57EE91 #5768EE #EE57B3

square

#EEDD57 #57EE91 #5768EE #EE57B3

split-complementary

#EEDD57 #57B3EE #9157EE

monochromatic

#B8A513 #E8D21F #EEDD57 #F4E88F #F9F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EEDD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#EEDD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD57

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD57	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.152 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e78c',
    500: '#eedd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd57;
$custom-light: #f7e78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.245,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88707,
    "c": 0.15241,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD57

secondary

#3241B7

accent

#20DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD57

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

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