#EED969#EED969

#EED969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.134 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED969
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 105)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 55.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.42, -6.37, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.42, 57.23, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(88.07% -0.0206 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(88.07% 0.134 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.6248, 68.8253, 23.3477)
Luminance	0.6882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED969 #697EEE

analogous

#EE9669 #EED969 #C1EE69

triadic

#EED969 #69EED9 #D969EE

tetradic

#EED969 #69EE96 #697EEE #EE69C1

square

#EED969 #69EE96 #697EEE #EE69C1

split-complementary

#EED969 #69C1EE #9669EE

monochromatic

#C6AA16 #E8CB32 #EED969 #F4E7A0 #FAF5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EED969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#EED969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED969

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED969	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD45E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.134 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e497',
    500: '#eed969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed969;
$custom-light: #f6e497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 79.641,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88074,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED969

secondary

#384EC4

accent

#2BDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED969

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

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