#EED96D#EED96D

#EED96D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED96D
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 54.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.46, -6.06, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.46, 55.41, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(88.12% -0.0193 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(88.12% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.8353, 68.9095, 24.4561)
Luminance	0.6891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED96D #6D82EE

analogous

#EE996D #EED96D #C2EE6D

triadic

#EED96D #6DEED9 #D96DEE

tetradic

#EED96D #6DEE99 #6D82EE #EE6DC2

square

#EED96D #6DEE99 #6D82EE #EE6DC2

split-complementary

#EED96D #6DC2EE #996DEE

monochromatic

#C9AC17 #E8CB36 #EED96D #F4E7A4 #FBF6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EED96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#EED96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED96D

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED96D	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)

#EBD463

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e49a',
    500: '#eed96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed96d;
$custom-light: #f6e49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88121,
    "c": 0.13056,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED96D

secondary

#3950C6

accent

#2CDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED96D

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

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