#EED596#EED596

#EED596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.085 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED596
RGB	rgb(238, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(43, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(43, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.99, -0.10, 34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.99, 34.34, 90.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.93% 0.0018 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(87.93% 0.085 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.5605, 67.9699, 38.5670)
Luminance	0.6797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED596 #96AFEE

analogous

#EEA996 #EED596 #DBEE96

triadic

#EED596 #96EED5 #D596EE

tetradic

#EED596 #96EEA9 #96AFEE #EE96DB

square

#EED596 #96EEA9 #96AFEE #EE96DB

split-complementary

#EED596 #96DBEE #A996EE

monochromatic

#DDAB2D #E5C061 #EED596 #F7EACB #FBF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EED596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#EED596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED596

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED596	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.085 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e1b5',
    500: '#eed596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed596;
$custom-light: #f5e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.955,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87929,
    "c": 0.08515,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED596

secondary

#5E7DCA

accent

#49D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED596

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

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