#EED99F#EED99F

#EED99F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.078 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EED99F
RGB	rgb(238, 217, 159)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(44, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 33.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.15, -1.10, 31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.15, 31.27, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(88.89% -0.0006 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(88.89% 0.078 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.3318, 70.3081, 42.8709)
Luminance	0.7031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EED99F #9FB4EE

analogous

#EEB19F #EED99F #DBEE9F

triadic

#EED99F #9FEED9 #D99FEE

tetradic

#EED99F #9FEEB1 #9FB4EE #EE9FDB

square

#EED99F #9FEEB1 #9FB4EE #EE9FDB

split-complementary

#EED99F #9FDBEE #B19FEE

monochromatic

#DCB037 #E5C46B #EED99F #F7EED3 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EED99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#EED99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EED99F

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EED99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EED99F	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDDA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eed99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 217, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.078 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4bb',
    500: '#eed99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eed99f;
$custom-light: #f4e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eed99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.051,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88889,
    "c": 0.07813,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EED99F

secondary

#6681CB

accent

#46D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EED99F

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

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