#EADD99#EADD99

#EADD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.088 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EADD99
RGB	rgb(234, 221, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 34.6%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.73, -5.39, 35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.73, 35.45, 98.74°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.0132 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.088 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.5388, 71.5070, 40.4806)
Luminance	0.7150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EADD99 #99A6EA

analogous

#EAB499 #EADD99 #CEEA99

triadic

#EADD99 #99EADD #DD99EA

tetradic

#EADD99 #99EAB4 #99A6EA #EA99CE

square

#EADD99 #99EAB4 #99A6EA #EA99CE

split-complementary

#EADD99 #99CEEA #B499EA

monochromatic

#D5BB33 #E0CC66 #EADD99 #F4EECC #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EADD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#EADD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EADD99

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EADD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EADD99	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eadd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 221, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.088 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e7b7',
    500: '#eadd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eadd99;
$custom-light: #f2e7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eadd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.37,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89237,
    "c": 0.08788,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EADD99

secondary

#6272C5

accent

#35CE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EADD99

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

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