#EED980#EED980

#EED980 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.112 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED980
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 128)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 46.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.68, -4.42, 46.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.68, 46.48, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(88.37% -0.0126 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(88.37% 0.112 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.9708, 69.3637, 30.4367)
Luminance	0.6936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED980 #8095EE

analogous

#EEA280 #EED980 #CCEE80

triadic

#EED980 #80EED9 #D980EE

tetradic

#EED980 #80EEA2 #8095EE #EE80CC

square

#EED980 #80EEA2 #8095EE #EE80CC

split-complementary

#EED980 #80CCEE #A280EE

monochromatic

#D7B31D #E7C94A #EED980 #F5E9B6 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EED980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#EED980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED980

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED980	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.112 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4a6',
    500: '#eed980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed980;
$custom-light: #f5e4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.545,
    "s": 76.389,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88371,
    "c": 0.11204,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED980

secondary

#4A62C8

accent

#34D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED980

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

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