#EED996#EED996

#EED996 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.088 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED996
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 150)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(46, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.00, -2.15, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.00, 35.73, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(88.72% -0.0042 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(88.72% 0.088 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.5790, 70.0070, 38.9065)
Luminance	0.7000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED996 #96ABEE

analogous

#EEAD96 #EED996 #D7EE96

triadic

#EED996 #96EED9 #D996EE

tetradic

#EED996 #96EEAD #96ABEE #EE96D7

square

#EED996 #96EEAD #96ABEE #EE96D7

split-complementary

#EED996 #96D7EE #AD96EE

monochromatic

#DDB32D #E5C661 #EED996 #F7ECCB #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EED996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#EED996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED996

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED996	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDD98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.088 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4b5',
    500: '#eed996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed996;
$custom-light: #f5e4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.682,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88724,
    "c": 0.08832,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED996

secondary

#5E78CA

accent

#40D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED996

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

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