#EED196#EED196

#EED196 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.082 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED196
RGB	rgb(238, 209, 150)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(40, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, 1.96, 33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 33.07, 86.60°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% 0.0078 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.082 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.5668, 65.9825, 38.2357)
Luminance	0.6598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED196 #96B3EE

analogous

#EEA596 #EED196 #DFEE96

triadic

#EED196 #96EED1 #D196EE

tetradic

#EED196 #96EEA5 #96B3EE #EE96DF

square

#EED196 #96EEA5 #96B3EE #EE96DF

split-complementary

#EED196 #96DFEE #A596EE

monochromatic

#DDA32D #E5BA61 #EED196 #F7E8CB #FBF3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EED196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#EED196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED196

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED196	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 209, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.082 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dfb5',
    500: '#eed196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed196;
$custom-light: #f5dfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.227,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87138,
    "c": 0.0824,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED196

secondary

#5E82CA

accent

#52D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED196

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

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