#EED985#EED985

#EED985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.107 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED985
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 133)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 44.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.75, -3.94, 43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.75, 44.07, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(88.45% -0.0107 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(88.45% 0.107 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.3081, 69.4986, 32.2129)
Luminance	0.6950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED985 #859AEE

analogous

#EEA485 #EED985 #CEEE85

triadic

#EED985 #85EED9 #D985EE

tetradic

#EED985 #85EEA4 #859AEE #EE85CE

square

#EED985 #85EEA4 #859AEE #EE85CE

split-complementary

#EED985 #85CEEE #A485EE

monochromatic

#DAB51E #E7C84F #EED985 #F5EABB #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EED985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#EED985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED985

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED985	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D57E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDC88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.107 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4aa',
    500: '#eed985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed985;
$custom-light: #f5e4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88445,
    "c": 0.10683,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED985

secondary

#4F67C9

accent

#36D80E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED985

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

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