#EED86D#EED86D

#EED86D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.130 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED86D
RGB	rgb(238, 216, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 54.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.20, -5.56, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.20, 55.06, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(87.92% -0.0178 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(87.92% 0.13 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.5783, 68.3956, 24.3704)
Luminance	0.6839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED86D #6D83EE

analogous

#EE976D #EED86D #C4EE6D

triadic

#EED86D #6DEED8 #D86DEE

tetradic

#EED86D #6DEE97 #6D83EE #EE6DC4

square

#EED86D #6DEE97 #6D83EE #EE6DC4

split-complementary

#EED86D #6DC4EE #976DEE

monochromatic

#C9AB17 #E8C936 #EED86D #F4E7A4 #FBF5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EED86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#EED86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED86D

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED86D	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD363

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 216, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.130 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e39a',
    500: '#eed86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed86d;
$custom-light: #f6e39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87918,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED86D

secondary

#3951C6

accent

#2EDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED86D

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

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