#EEDD65#EEDD65

#EEDD65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.141 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD65
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.40, -8.68, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.40, 60.42, 98.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.84% -0.0277 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(88.84% 0.141 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.4676, 70.8321, 22.6382)
Luminance	0.7083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD65 #6576EE

analogous

#EE9965 #EEDD65 #BBEE65

triadic

#EEDD65 #65EEDD #DD65EE

tetradic

#EEDD65 #65EE99 #6576EE #EE65BB

square

#EEDD65 #65EE99 #6576EE #EE65BB

split-complementary

#EEDD65 #65BBEE #9965EE

monochromatic

#C3AE16 #E8D12E #EEDD65 #F4E99C #FAF5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#EEDD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD65

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD65	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.141 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e795',
    500: '#eedd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd65;
$custom-light: #f6e795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88843,
    "c": 0.14115,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD65

secondary

#3647C1

accent

#23DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD65

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

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