#EEDD66#EEDD66

#EEDD66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.140 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD66
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 102)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 57.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.41, -8.61, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.41, 59.98, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(88.85% -0.0274 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(88.85% 0.14 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.5169, 70.8518, 22.8978)
Luminance	0.7085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD66 #6677EE

analogous

#EE9966 #EEDD66 #BBEE66

triadic

#EEDD66 #66EEDD #DD66EE

tetradic

#EEDD66 #66EE99 #6677EE #EE66BB

square

#EEDD66 #66EE99 #6677EE #EE66BB

split-complementary

#EEDD66 #66BBEE #9966EE

monochromatic

#C4AE16 #E8D12F #EEDD66 #F4E99D #FAF5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#EEDD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD66

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD66	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)

#EFD75A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.140 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e795',
    500: '#eedd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd66;
$custom-light: #f6e795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88854,
    "c": 0.1403,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD66

secondary

#3748C2

accent

#24DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD66

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

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