#EED85E#EED85E

#EED85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.143 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EED85E
RGBrgb(238, 216, 94)
HSLhsl(51, 81%, 65%)
HSVhsv(51, 61%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.2%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(86.06, -6.64, 61.38)
CIE-LCHlch(86.06, 61.74, 96.18°)
OKLaboklab(87.75% -0.0226 0.1409)
OKLCHoklch(87.75% 0.143 99.1)
XYZxyz(61.8386, 68.0997, 20.4748)
Luminance0.6810 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EED85E #5E74EE
analogous
#EE905E #EED85E #BCEE5E
triadic
#EED85E #5EEED8 #D85EEE
tetradic
#EED85E #5EEE90 #5E74EE #EE5EBC
square
#EED85E #5EEE90 #5E74EE #EE5EBC
split-complementary
#EED85E #5EBCEE #905EEE
monochromatic
#BEA414 #E8CB27 #EED85E #F4E595 #FAF3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44
#EED85E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62
#EED85E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED85E
14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EED85E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EED85E1.001.4414.6214.62
#FFFFFF1.441.0021.0021.00
#00000014.6221.001.001.00
##00000014.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EBD351
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F1DB64
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFCABE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #eed85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.143 99.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e390',
    500: '#eed85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #eed85e;
$custom-light: #f7e390;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#eed85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87754,
    "c": 0.14272,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EED85E
secondary
#3449BC
accent
#29DD08
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18150D
muted
#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED85E

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#EED85E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva