#EED299#EED299

#EED299 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.080 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED299
RGB	rgb(238, 210, 153)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(40, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.29, 1.79, 31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.29, 31.92, 86.78°)
OKLab	oklab(87.39% 0.0074 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(87.39% 0.08 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.0575, 66.5726, 39.6063)
Luminance	0.6657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED299 #99B5EE

analogous

#EEA899 #EED299 #E0EE99

triadic

#EED299 #99EED2 #D299EE

tetradic

#EED299 #99EEA8 #99B5EE #EE99E0

square

#EED299 #99EEA8 #99B5EE #EE99E0

split-complementary

#EED299 #99E0EE #A899EE

monochromatic

#DDA430 #E5BB65 #EED299 #F7E9CD #FBF3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EED299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#EED299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED299

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED299	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 210, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.080 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dfb7',
    500: '#eed299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed299;
$custom-light: #f5dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.235,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8739,
    "c": 0.07976,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED299

secondary

#6184CA

accent

#52D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED299

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

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