#EED36C#EED36C

#EED36C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.127 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED36C
RGB	rgb(238, 211, 108)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 54.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -3.09, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 53.84, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% -0.0108 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.127 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.2633, 65.8511, 23.6680)
Luminance	0.6585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED36C #6C87EE

analogous

#EE926C #EED36C #C8EE6C

triadic

#EED36C #6CEED3 #D36CEE

tetradic

#EED36C #6CEE92 #6C87EE #EE6CC8

square

#EED36C #6CEE92 #6C87EE #EE6CC8

split-complementary

#EED36C #6CC8EE #926CEE

monochromatic

#C8A417 #E8C335 #EED36C #F4E3A3 #FBF4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EED36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#EED36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED36C

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED36C	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CF62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 211, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.127 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e099',
    500: '#eed36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed36c;
$custom-light: #f6e099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86899,
    "c": 0.12661,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED36C

secondary

#3956C6

accent

#35DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED36C

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

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