#EEDD5A#EEDD5A

#EEDD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.150 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD5A
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 62.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.31, -9.41, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.31, 65.13, 98.31°)
OKLab	oklab(88.73% -0.031 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(88.73% 0.15 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.9643, 70.6308, 19.9873)
Luminance	0.7063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD5A #5A6BEE

analogous

#EE935A #EEDD5A #B5EE5A

triadic

#EEDD5A #5AEEDD #DD5AEE

tetradic

#EEDD5A #5AEE93 #5A6BEE #EE5AB5

square

#EEDD5A #5AEE93 #5A6BEE #EE5AB5

split-complementary

#EEDD5A #5AB5EE #935AEE

monochromatic

#BAA713 #E8D223 #EEDD5A #F4E891 #F9F4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EEDD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#EEDD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD5A

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD5A	1.00	1.39	15.13	15.13
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.150 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e78e',
    500: '#eedd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd5a;
$custom-light: #f7e78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.108,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88734,
    "c": 0.15013,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD5A

secondary

#3342B9

accent

#20DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD5A

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

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