#EED699#EED699

#EED699 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.083 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED699
RGB	rgb(238, 214, 153)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(43, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, -0.27, 33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 33.20, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(88.18% 0.0014 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(88.18% 0.083 89)
XYZ	xyz(65.0575, 68.5724, 39.9396)
Luminance	0.6857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED699 #99B1EE

analogous

#EEAC99 #EED699 #DCEE99

triadic

#EED699 #99EED6 #D699EE

tetradic

#EED699 #99EEAC #99B1EE #EE99DC

square

#EED699 #99EEAC #99B1EE #EE99DC

split-complementary

#EED699 #99DCEE #AC99EE

monochromatic

#DDAC30 #E5C165 #EED699 #F7EBCD #FBF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EED699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#EED699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED699

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED699	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 214, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.083 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e2b7',
    500: '#eed699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed699;
$custom-light: #f4e2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.059,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88181,
    "c": 0.08256,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.6857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED699

secondary

#617FCA

accent

#49D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED699

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

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