#EED995#EED995

#EED995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.089 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED995
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 149)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(46, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 37.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.98, -2.26, 36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.98, 36.22, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(88.71% -0.0046 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(88.71% 0.089 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.4989, 69.9749, 38.4842)
Luminance	0.6997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED995 #95AAEE

analogous

#EEAC95 #EED995 #D6EE95

triadic

#EED995 #95EED9 #D995EE

tetradic

#EED995 #95EEAC #95AAEE #EE95D6

square

#EED995 #95EEAC #95AAEE #EE95D6

split-complementary

#EED995 #95D6EE #AC95EE

monochromatic

#DDB32C #E6C660 #EED995 #F6ECCA #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EED995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#EED995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED995

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED995	1.00	1.40	14.99	14.99
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDD97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.089 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4b5',
    500: '#eed995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed995;
$custom-light: #f5e4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.843,
    "s": 72.358,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88707,
    "c": 0.08944,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED995

secondary

#5D77CA

accent

#3FD411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED995

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

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