#EED96C#EED96C

#EED96C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.131 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED96C
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 108)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 54.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.45, -6.14, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.45, 55.87, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(88.11% -0.0196 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(88.11% 0.131 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.7818, 68.8881, 24.1742)
Luminance	0.6889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED96C #6C81EE

analogous

#EE986C #EED96C #C2EE6C

triadic

#EED96C #6CEED9 #D96CEE

tetradic

#EED96C #6CEE98 #6C81EE #EE6CC2

square

#EED96C #6CEE98 #6C81EE #EE6CC2

split-complementary

#EED96C #6CC2EE #986CEE

monochromatic

#C8AC17 #E8CB35 #EED96C #F4E7A3 #FBF5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EED96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#EED96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED96C

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED96C	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.131 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e499',
    500: '#eed96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed96c;
$custom-light: #f6e499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.308,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88109,
    "c": 0.13148,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED96C

secondary

#394FC6

accent

#2CDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED96C

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

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