#EEDD62#EEDD62

#EEDD62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.144 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD62
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.38, -8.89, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.38, 61.73, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.0286 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.144 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.3233, 70.7744, 21.8782)
Luminance	0.7077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD62 #6273EE

analogous

#EE9762 #EEDD62 #B9EE62

triadic

#EEDD62 #62EEDD #DD62EE

tetradic

#EEDD62 #62EE97 #6273EE #EE62B9

square

#EEDD62 #62EE97 #6273EE #EE62B9

split-complementary

#EEDD62 #62B9EE #9762EE

monochromatic

#C1AC15 #E8D12B #EEDD62 #F4E999 #FAF5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EEDD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#EEDD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD62

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD62	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)

#EFD755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.144 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e793',
    500: '#eedd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd62;
$custom-light: #f6e793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.714,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88812,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD62

secondary

#3546BF

accent

#22DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD62

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

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