#EED986#EED986

#EED986 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.106 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED986
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 134)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 43.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.76, -3.84, 43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.76, 43.58, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.46% -0.0103 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(88.46% 0.106 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.3775, 69.5264, 32.5784)
Luminance	0.6952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED986 #869BEE

analogous

#EEA586 #EED986 #CFEE86

triadic

#EED986 #86EED9 #D986EE

tetradic

#EED986 #86EEA5 #869BEE #EE86CF

square

#EED986 #86EEA5 #869BEE #EE86CF

split-complementary

#EED986 #86CFEE #A586EE

monochromatic

#DBB51F #E6C850 #EED986 #F6EABC #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EED986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#EED986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED986

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED986	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)

#E9D580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDC89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.106 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4aa',
    500: '#eed986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed986;
$custom-light: #f5e4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.885,
    "s": 75.362,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88461,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED986

secondary

#4F68C9

accent

#37D80E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED986

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

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