#EED95E#EED95E

#EED95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.144 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED95E
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.31, -7.15, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.31, 62.07, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.96% -0.0241 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(87.96% 0.144 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.0956, 68.6136, 20.5604)
Luminance	0.6861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED95E #5E73EE

analogous

#EE915E #EED95E #BBEE5E

triadic

#EED95E #5EEED9 #D95EEE

tetradic

#EED95E #5EEE91 #5E73EE #EE5EBB

square

#EED95E #5EEE91 #5E73EE #EE5EBB

split-complementary

#EED95E #5EBBEE #915EEE

monochromatic

#BEA514 #E8CC27 #EED95E #F4E695 #FAF3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EED95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#EED95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED95E

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED95E	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.144 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e490',
    500: '#eed95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed95e;
$custom-light: #f7e490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87957,
    "c": 0.14355,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED95E

secondary

#3448BC

accent

#27DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED95E

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

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