#EEDE59#EEDE59

#EEDE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.152 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDE59
RGB	rgb(238, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.55, -9.98, 65.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.55, 65.89, 98.71°)
OKLab	oklab(88.93% -0.0327 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(88.93% 0.152 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.1868, 71.1435, 19.8530)
Luminance	0.7114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDE59 #5969EE

analogous

#EE9459 #EEDE59 #B4EE59

triadic

#EEDE59 #59EEDE #DE59EE

tetradic

#EEDE59 #59EE94 #5969EE #EE59B4

square

#EEDE59 #59EE94 #5969EE #EE59B4

split-complementary

#EEDE59 #59B4EE #9459EE

monochromatic

#BAA813 #E8D321 #EEDE59 #F4E991 #F9F4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#EEDE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDE59

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDE59	1.00	1.38	15.23	15.23
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eede59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.152 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e88d',
    500: '#eede59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eede59;
$custom-light: #f7e88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eede59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.557,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88929,
    "c": 0.15177,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDE59

secondary

#3341B9

accent

#1FDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDE59

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

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