#EED966#EED966

#EED966 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED966
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 57.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.39, -6.59, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.39, 58.57, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(88.04% -0.0216 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(88.04% 0.137 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.4734, 68.7647, 22.5500)
Luminance	0.6876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED966 #667BEE

analogous

#EE9566 #EED966 #BFEE66

triadic

#EED966 #66EED9 #D966EE

tetradic

#EED966 #66EE95 #667BEE #EE66BF

square

#EED966 #66EE95 #667BEE #EE66BF

split-complementary

#EED966 #66BFEE #9566EE

monochromatic

#C4A916 #E8CB2F #EED966 #F4E79D #FAF4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EED966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#EED966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED966

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED966	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.137 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e495',
    500: '#eed966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed966;
$custom-light: #f6e495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.735,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88041,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED966

secondary

#374CC2

accent

#2ADC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED966

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

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