#EED99A#EED99A

#EED99A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.084 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED99A
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 154)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(45, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 35.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -1.69, 33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 33.75, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(88.8% -0.0026 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(88.8% 0.084 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.9066, 70.1381, 40.6319)
Luminance	0.7014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED99A #9AAFEE

analogous

#EEAF9A #EED99A #D9EE9A

triadic

#EED99A #9AEED9 #D99AEE

tetradic

#EED99A #9AEEAF #9AAFEE #EE9AD9

square

#EED99A #9AEEAF #9AAFEE #EE9AD9

split-complementary

#EED99A #9AD9EE #AF9AEE

monochromatic

#DCB231 #E5C566 #EED99A #F7EDCE #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EED99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#EED99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED99A

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED99A	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDD9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.084 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4b8',
    500: '#eed99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed99a;
$custom-light: #f4e4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88796,
    "c": 0.08382,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED99A

secondary

#627CCA

accent

#43D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED99A

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

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