#EED896#EED896

#EED896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.087 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED896
RGB	rgb(238, 216, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(45, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.75, -1.64, 35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.75, 35.37, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(88.53% -0.0027 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(88.53% 0.087 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.3221, 69.4931, 38.8208)
Luminance	0.6949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED896 #96ACEE

analogous

#EEAC96 #EED896 #D8EE96

triadic

#EED896 #96EED8 #D896EE

tetradic

#EED896 #96EEAC #96ACEE #EE96D8

square

#EED896 #96EEAC #96ACEE #EE96D8

split-complementary

#EED896 #96D8EE #AC96EE

monochromatic

#DDB12D #E5C461 #EED896 #F7ECCB #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EED896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#EED896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED896

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED896	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 216, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.087 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e3b5',
    500: '#eed896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed896;
$custom-light: #f5e3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88525,
    "c": 0.08749,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED896

secondary

#5E79CA

accent

#42D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED896

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

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