#EED862#EED862

#EED862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.139 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED862
RGB	rgb(238, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.09, -6.37, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.09, 60.00, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.8% -0.0214 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(87.8% 0.139 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.0228, 68.1734, 21.4447)
Luminance	0.6817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED862 #6278EE

analogous

#EE9262 #EED862 #BEEE62

triadic

#EED862 #62EED8 #D862EE

tetradic

#EED862 #62EE92 #6278EE #EE62BE

square

#EED862 #62EE92 #6278EE #EE62BE

split-complementary

#EED862 #62BEEE #9262EE

monochromatic

#C1A615 #E8CA2B #EED862 #F4E699 #FAF3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EED862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#EED862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED862

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED862	1.00	1.43	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.139 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e393',
    500: '#eed862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed862;
$custom-light: #f6e393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87795,
    "c": 0.13941,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED862

secondary

#354BBF

accent

#2ADD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED862

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

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