#EED96E#EED96E

#EED96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.130 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED96E
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 110)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 53.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.47, -5.99, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.47, 54.96, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(88.13% -0.019 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(88.13% 0.13 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.8894, 68.9312, 24.7412)
Luminance	0.6893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED96E #6E83EE

analogous

#EE996E #EED96E #C3EE6E

triadic

#EED96E #6EEED9 #D96EEE

tetradic

#EED96E #6EEE99 #6E83EE #EE6EC3

square

#EED96E #6EEE99 #6E83EE #EE6EC3

split-complementary

#EED96E #6EC3EE #996EEE

monochromatic

#CAAD18 #E8CB37 #EED96E #F4E7A5 #FBF6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EED96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#EED96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED96E

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED96E	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD464

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.130 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e49a',
    500: '#eed96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed96e;
$custom-light: #f6e49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 79.012,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88133,
    "c": 0.12965,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED96E

secondary

#3A51C6

accent

#2DDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED96E

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

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