#EEDD5D#EEDD5D

#EEDD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.148 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD5D
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 60.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.33, -9.22, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.33, 63.87, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(88.76% -0.0301 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(88.76% 0.148 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.0945, 70.6829, 20.6735)
Luminance	0.7068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD5D #5D6EEE

analogous

#EE955D #EEDD5D #B6EE5D

triadic

#EEDD5D #5DEEDD #DD5DEE

tetradic

#EEDD5D #5DEE95 #5D6EEE #EE5DB6

square

#EEDD5D #5DEE95 #5D6EEE #EE5DB6

split-complementary

#EEDD5D #5DB6EE #955DEE

monochromatic

#BDA914 #E8D126 #EEDD5D #F4E994 #FAF4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EEDD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#EEDD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD5D

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD5D	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.148 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e790',
    500: '#eedd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd5d;
$custom-light: #f7e790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.966,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88762,
    "c": 0.14777,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD5D

secondary

#3444BB

accent

#21DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD5D

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

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