#EEDD59#EEDD59

#EEDD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.151 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD59
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.30, -9.48, 64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.30, 65.55, 98.31°)
OKLab	oklab(88.73% -0.0313 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(88.73% 0.151 102)
XYZ	xyz(62.9220, 70.6138, 19.7647)
Luminance	0.7061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD59 #596AEE

analogous

#EE9359 #EEDD59 #B5EE59

triadic

#EEDD59 #59EEDD #DD59EE

tetradic

#EEDD59 #59EE93 #596AEE #EE59B5

square

#EEDD59 #59EE93 #596AEE #EE59B5

split-complementary

#EEDD59 #59B5EE #9359EE

monochromatic

#BAA713 #E8D221 #EEDD59 #F4E891 #F9F4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EEDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#EEDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD59

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD59	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)

#F0D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.151 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e78d',
    500: '#eedd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd59;
$custom-light: #f7e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.154,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88725,
    "c": 0.15089,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.70611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD59

secondary

#3342B9

accent

#20DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD59

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

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