#EED997#EED997

#EED997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.087 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED997
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(46, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 36.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.02, -2.03, 35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.02, 35.23, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(88.74% -0.0038 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(88.74% 0.087 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.6599, 70.0394, 39.3324)
Luminance	0.7004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED997 #97ACEE

analogous

#EEAE97 #EED997 #D8EE97

triadic

#EED997 #97EED9 #D997EE

tetradic

#EED997 #97EEAE #97ACEE #EE97D8

square

#EED997 #97EEAE #97ACEE #EE97D8

split-complementary

#EED997 #97D8EE #AE97EE

monochromatic

#DDB32E #E5C662 #EED997 #F7ECCC #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EED997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#EED997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED997

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED997	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.087 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4b6',
    500: '#eed997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed997;
$custom-light: #f5e4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88742,
    "c": 0.0872,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED997

secondary

#5F79CA

accent

#40D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED997

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

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