#EED962#EED962

#EED962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.140 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED962
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.35, -6.88, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.35, 60.34, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(88% -0.0229 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(88% 0.14 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.2798, 68.6873, 21.5303)
Luminance	0.6868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED962 #6277EE

analogous

#EE9362 #EED962 #BDEE62

triadic

#EED962 #62EED9 #D962EE

tetradic

#EED962 #62EE93 #6277EE #EE62BD

square

#EED962 #62EE93 #6277EE #EE62BD

split-complementary

#EED962 #62BDEE #9362EE

monochromatic

#C1A715 #E8CC2B #EED962 #F4E699 #FAF4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EED962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#EED962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED962

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED962	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.140 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e493',
    500: '#eed962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed962;
$custom-light: #f6e493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87998,
    "c": 0.14024,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED962

secondary

#354ABF

accent

#29DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED962

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

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