#EEDD63#EEDD63

#EEDD63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.143 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD63
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 99)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 58.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.38, -8.82, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.38, 61.30, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(88.82% -0.0283 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(88.82% 0.143 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.3708, 70.7934, 22.1284)
Luminance	0.7079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD63 #6374EE

analogous

#EE9763 #EEDD63 #B9EE63

triadic

#EEDD63 #63EEDD #DD63EE

tetradic

#EEDD63 #63EE97 #6374EE #EE63B9

square

#EEDD63 #63EE97 #6374EE #EE63B9

split-complementary

#EEDD63 #63B9EE #9763EE

monochromatic

#C2AC15 #E8D12C #EEDD63 #F4E99A #FAF5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EEDD63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#EEDD63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD63

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD63	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.143 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e793',
    500: '#eedd63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd63;
$custom-light: #f6e793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 80.347,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88822,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD63

secondary

#3647C0

accent

#23DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD63

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

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