#EED97E#EED97E

#EED97E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.114 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED97E
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 126)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 47.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.66, -4.61, 47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.66, 47.44, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(88.34% -0.0133 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(88.34% 0.114 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.8405, 69.3116, 29.7503)
Luminance	0.6931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED97E #7E93EE

analogous

#EEA17E #EED97E #CBEE7E

triadic

#EED97E #7EEED9 #D97EEE

tetradic

#EED97E #7EEEA1 #7E93EE #EE7ECB

square

#EED97E #7EEEA1 #7E93EE #EE7ECB

split-complementary

#EED97E #7ECBEE #A17EEE

monochromatic

#D5B31C #E7C948 #EED97E #F5E9B4 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EED97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#EED97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED97E

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED97E	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.114 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4a5',
    500: '#eed97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed97e;
$custom-light: #f5e4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 76.712,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88342,
    "c": 0.11409,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED97E

secondary

#4860C8

accent

#33D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED97E

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

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