#EED99E#EED99E

#EED99E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.079 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED99E
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 158)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(44, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 33.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.13, -1.22, 31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.13, 31.77, 92.20°)
OKLab	oklab(88.87% -0.001 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(88.87% 0.079 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.2453, 70.2735, 42.4157)
Luminance	0.7027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED99E #9EB3EE

analogous

#EEB19E #EED99E #DBEE9E

triadic

#EED99E #9EEED9 #D99EEE

tetradic

#EED99E #9EEEB1 #9EB3EE #EE9EDB

square

#EED99E #9EEEB1 #9EB3EE #EE9EDB

split-complementary

#EED99E #9EDBEE #B19EEE

monochromatic

#DCB036 #E5C56A #EED99E #F7EDD2 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EED99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#EED99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED99E

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED99E	1.00	1.39	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDDA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.079 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4bb',
    500: '#eed99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed99e;
$custom-light: #f4e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.25,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8887,
    "c": 0.07927,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED99E

secondary

#6680CB

accent

#45D213

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED99E

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

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