#EED162#EED162

#EED162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.134 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED162
RGB	rgb(238, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -2.81, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 57.72, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.0112 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.134 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.2675, 64.6628, 20.8596)
Luminance	0.6466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED162 #627FEE

analogous

#EE8B62 #EED162 #C5EE62

triadic

#EED162 #62EED1 #D162EE

tetradic

#EED162 #62EE8B #627FEE #EE62C5

square

#EED162 #62EE8B #627FEE #EE62C5

split-complementary

#EED162 #62C5EE #8B62EE

monochromatic

#C19D15 #E8C12B #EED162 #F4E199 #FAF1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EED162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#EED162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED162

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED162	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.134 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de92',
    500: '#eed162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed162;
$custom-light: #f7de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86383,
    "c": 0.13392,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED162

secondary

#3552BF

accent

#35DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED162

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

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