#EED987#EED987

#EED987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.105 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED987
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 135)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 43.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.78, -3.74, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.78, 43.09, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.48% -0.01 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(88.48% 0.105 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.4476, 69.5544, 32.9475)
Luminance	0.6955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED987 #879CEE

analogous

#EEA587 #EED987 #CFEE87

triadic

#EED987 #87EED9 #D987EE

tetradic

#EED987 #87EEA5 #879CEE #EE87CF

square

#EED987 #87EEA5 #879CEE #EE87CF

split-complementary

#EED987 #87CFEE #A587EE

monochromatic

#DCB51F #E6C851 #EED987 #F6EABD #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EED987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#EED987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED987

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED987	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDC8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.105 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4ab',
    500: '#eed987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed987;
$custom-light: #f5e4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.767,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88476,
    "c": 0.10472,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED987

secondary

#5069C9

accent

#37D70E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED987

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

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