#EED160#EED160

#EED160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.136 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED160
RGB	rgb(238, 209, 96)
HSL	hsl(48, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.29, -2.95, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.29, 58.61, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(86.36% -0.0118 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(86.36% 0.136 95)
XYZ	xyz(60.1742, 64.6255, 20.3684)
Luminance	0.6462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED160 #607DEE

analogous

#EE8A60 #EED160 #C4EE60

triadic

#EED160 #60EED1 #D160EE

tetradic

#EED160 #60EE8A #607DEE #EE60C4

square

#EED160 #60EE8A #607DEE #EE60C4

split-complementary

#EED160 #60C4EE #8A60EE

monochromatic

#BF9C14 #E8C129 #EED160 #F4E197 #FAF1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EED160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#EED160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED160

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED160	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 209, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.136 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de91',
    500: '#eed160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed160;
$custom-light: #f7de91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86362,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.64623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED160

secondary

#3551BD

accent

#34DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED160

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

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