#EEDE57#EEDE57

#EEDE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.153 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDE57
RGB	rgb(238, 222, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.54, -10.10, 65.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.54, 66.71, 98.71°)
OKLab	oklab(88.91% -0.0333 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(88.91% 0.153 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.1040, 71.1103, 19.4166)
Luminance	0.7111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDE57 #5767EE

analogous

#EE9257 #EEDE57 #B3EE57

triadic

#EEDE57 #57EEDE #DE57EE

tetradic

#EEDE57 #57EE92 #5767EE #EE57B3

square

#EEDE57 #57EE92 #5767EE #EE57B3

split-complementary

#EEDE57 #57B3EE #9257EE

monochromatic

#B8A613 #E8D31F #EEDE57 #F4E98F #F9F4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#EEDE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDE57

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDE57	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eede57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 222, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.153 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e88c',
    500: '#eede57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eede57;
$custom-light: #f7e88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eede57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.642,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88911,
    "c": 0.15328,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDE57

secondary

#3240B7

accent

#1EDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDE57

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

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