#EED856#EED856

#EED856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.149 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED856
RGB	rgb(238, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.99, -7.15, 64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.99, 65.10, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(87.68% -0.025 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(87.68% 0.149 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.4981, 67.9635, 18.6812)
Luminance	0.6796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED856 #566CEE

analogous

#EE8C56 #EED856 #B8EE56

triadic

#EED856 #56EED8 #D856EE

tetradic

#EED856 #56EE8C #566CEE #EE56B8

square

#EED856 #56EE8C #566CEE #EE56B8

split-complementary

#EED856 #56B8EE #8C56EE

monochromatic

#B79F12 #E8CB1E #EED856 #F4E58E #F9F2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EED856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#EED856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED856

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED856	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)

#EBD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.149 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e38b',
    500: '#eed856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed856;
$custom-light: #f7e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.316,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87678,
    "c": 0.14897,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED856

secondary

#3245B7

accent

#26DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED856

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

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