#EEDD60#EEDD60

#EEDD60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.145 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD60
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.36, -9.02, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.36, 62.60, 98.29°)
OKLab	oklab(88.79% -0.0292 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(88.79% 0.145 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.2300, 70.7371, 21.3870)
Luminance	0.7074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD60 #6071EE

analogous

#EE9660 #EEDD60 #B8EE60

triadic

#EEDD60 #60EEDD #DD60EE

tetradic

#EEDD60 #60EE96 #6071EE #EE60B8

square

#EEDD60 #60EE96 #6071EE #EE60B8

split-complementary

#EEDD60 #60B8EE #9660EE

monochromatic

#BFAB14 #E8D129 #EEDD60 #F4E997 #FAF5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EEDD60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#EEDD60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD60

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD60	1.00	1.39	15.15	15.15
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.145 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e792',
    500: '#eedd60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd60;
$custom-light: #f7e792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.817,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88791,
    "c": 0.14534,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD60

secondary

#3545BD

accent

#22DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD60

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

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