#EEED61#EEED61

#EEED61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.160 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEED61
RGB	rgb(238, 237, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.51, -16.86, 66.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.51, 68.18, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(92.1% -0.0514 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(92.1% 0.16 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.7038, 79.6105, 23.1069)
Luminance	0.7961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEED61 #6162EE

analogous

#EEA661 #EEED61 #A9EE61

triadic

#EEED61 #61EEED #ED61EE

tetradic

#EEED61 #61EEA6 #6162EE #EE61A9

square

#EEED61 #61EEA6 #6162EE #EE61A9

split-complementary

#EEED61 #61A9EE #A661EE

monochromatic

#C0BF15 #E8E72A #EEED61 #F4F398 #FAFAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EEED61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.92

#EEED61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEED61

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEED61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEED61	1.00	1.24	16.92	16.92
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeed61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 237, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.160 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f293',
    500: '#eeed61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeed61;
$custom-light: #f6f293;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeed61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.574,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92099,
    "c": 0.15978,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEED61

secondary

#3536BE

accent

#0ADD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEED61

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

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