#EED899#EED899

#EED899 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.084 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED899
RGB	rgb(238, 216, 153)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(44, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.80, -1.29, 33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.80, 33.89, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(88.58% -0.0015 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(88.58% 0.084 91)
XYZ	xyz(65.5667, 69.5909, 40.1094)
Luminance	0.6959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED899 #99AFEE

analogous

#EEAE99 #EED899 #DAEE99

triadic

#EED899 #99EED8 #D899EE

tetradic

#EED899 #99EEAE #99AFEE #EE99DA

square

#EED899 #99EEAE #99AFEE #EE99DA

split-complementary

#EED899 #99DAEE #AE99EE

monochromatic

#DDB030 #E5C465 #EED899 #F7ECCD #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EED899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#EED899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED899

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED899	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 216, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.084 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e3b7',
    500: '#eed899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed899;
$custom-light: #f4e3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.471,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88579,
    "c": 0.08412,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.69589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED899

secondary

#617CCA

accent

#44D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED899

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

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