#EEDC5E#EEDC5E

#EEDC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.146 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC5E
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.08, -8.66, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.08, 63.10, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(88.57% -0.0284 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(88.57% 0.146 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.8759, 70.1742, 20.8205)
Luminance	0.7017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC5E #5E70EE

analogous

#EE945E #EEDC5E #B8EE5E

triadic

#EEDC5E #5EEEDC #DC5EEE

tetradic

#EEDC5E #5EEE94 #5E70EE #EE5EB8

square

#EEDC5E #5EEE94 #5E70EE #EE5EB8

split-complementary

#EEDC5E #5EB8EE #945EEE

monochromatic

#BEA814 #E8D027 #EEDC5E #F4E895 #FAF4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EEDC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#EEDC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC5E

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC5E	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)

#EFD650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.146 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e690',
    500: '#eedc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc5e;
$custom-light: #f7e690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88568,
    "c": 0.1461,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC5E

secondary

#3445BC

accent

#23DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC5E

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

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