HEX atlas value

#EED202

#EED202 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Safety Yellow. RGB 238, 210, 2, HSL 53° 98% 47%, luminance 0.6427; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm vibrant

#EED202 Sample readable text

HEX #EED202

RGB rgb(238, 210, 2)

HSL hsl(53 98% 47%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 12, 99, 7)

Luminance 0.6427

Contrast Black 13.85:1White 1.52:1

CSS

--color-eed202: #EED202;
.background-eed202 { background-color: #EED202; }
.text-eed202 { color: #EED202; }

HEX meaning and use

About #EED202

#EED202 is classified as a warm yellow value with vibrant visual character. #EED202 is visually closest to Safety Yellow, a named yellow color with HEX #EED202.

The RGB channels are 238, 210, and 2, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 53deg with 98% saturation and 47% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.6427, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text13.85:1AA Pass

White text1.52:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EED202 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000013.85:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.52:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#FDE94E#FDE94E · #000000 text · best 16.94:1 Gold#FFD700 · #000000 text · best 14.97:1 Cyber Yellow#FFD300 · #000000 text · best 14.57:1 #93ED02#93ED02 · #000000 text · best 14.36:1 #F0D400#F0D400 · #000000 text · best 14.12:1

Generated Palette

Safety Yellow#EED202

#021EED#021EED

#ED5C02#ED5C02

#93ED02#93ED02

#FDE94E#FDE94E

#928201#928201

Color Harmonies

#021EED#021EED

#ED5C02#ED5C02

#93ED02#93ED02

#02EDD2#02EDD2

#D202ED#D202ED

Variants

#FDE94E#FDE94E

#928201#928201

#F0D400#F0D400

#D3BE1D#D3BE1D

#F3E57C#F3E57C

#FFE41A#FFE41A

Nearest Named Colors

Safety Yellow#EED202

Citrine#E4D00A

Industrial Yellow#F3C300

Cyber Yellow#FFD300

Gold#FFD700

Luminance0.6427

Black text13.85:1AA Pass

White text1.52:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#EED202","rgb":[238,210,2],"hsl":[53,98,47],"cmyk":[0,12,99,7],"luminance":0.6427,"contrast":{"black":13.85,"white":1.52}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":13.85,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.52,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#FDE94E","hex":"#FDE94E","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.94,"contrastWhite":1.24,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Gold","hex":"#FFD700","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.97,"contrastWhite":1.4,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Cyber Yellow","hex":"#FFD300","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.57,"contrastWhite":1.44,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#93ED02","hex":"#93ED02","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.36,"contrastWhite":1.46,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#F0D400","hex":"#F0D400","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.12,"contrastWhite":1.49,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","vibrant","vibrant yellow","Safety Yellow adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/eed202.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/safety-yellow.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/citrine.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/industrial-yellow.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#021EED","analogous":["#ED5C02","#93ED02"],"triadic":["#02EDD2","#D202ED"],"tetradic":["#02ED5C","#021EED","#ED0293"],"splitComplementary":["#0293ED","#5C02ED"],"monochromatic":["#FDE94E","#EED202","#928201"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FDE94E","dark":"#928201","saturated":"#F0D400","desaturated":"#D3BE1D","pastel":"#F3E57C","neon":"#FFE41A"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"safety-yellow","name":"Safety Yellow","hex":"#EED202","distance":0},{"slug":"citrine","name":"Citrine","hex":"#E4D00A","distance":12.96148139681572},{"slug":"industrial-yellow","name":"Industrial Yellow","hex":"#F3C300","distance":15.937377450509228},{"slug":"cyber-yellow","name":"Cyber Yellow","hex":"#FFD300","distance":17.146428199482248},{"slug":"gold","name":"Gold","hex":"#FFD700","distance":17.832554500127006}]

#EED202

CSS

About #EED202

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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