#EEDB96#EEDB96

#EEDB96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.090 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDB96
RGB	rgb(238, 219, 150)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(47, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.51, -3.17, 36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.51, 36.47, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% -0.0071 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.09 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.0977, 71.0443, 39.0794)
Luminance	0.7104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDB96 #96A9EE

analogous

#EEAF96 #EEDB96 #D5EE96

triadic

#EEDB96 #96EEDB #DB96EE

tetradic

#EEDB96 #96EEAF #96A9EE #EE96D5

square

#EEDB96 #96EEAF #96A9EE #EE96D5

split-complementary

#EEDB96 #96D5EE #AF96EE

monochromatic

#DDB72D #E5C961 #EEDB96 #F7EDCB #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#EEDB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDB96

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDB96	1.00	1.38	15.21	15.21
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 219, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.090 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e6b5',
    500: '#eedb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedb96;
$custom-light: #f5e6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.045,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89124,
    "c": 0.09004,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDB96

secondary

#5E75CA

accent

#3BD411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDB96

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

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