#EEDC81#EEDC81

#EEDC81 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.114 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC81
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 45.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.46, -5.85, 46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.46, 47.11, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(88.99% -0.0166 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(88.99% 0.114 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.8173, 70.9508, 31.0452)
Luminance	0.7095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC81 #8193EE

analogous

#EEA681 #EEDC81 #C9EE81

triadic

#EEDC81 #81EEDC #DC81EE

tetradic

#EEDC81 #81EEA6 #8193EE #EE81C9

square

#EEDC81 #81EEA6 #8193EE #EE81C9

split-complementary

#EEDC81 #81C9EE #A681EE

monochromatic

#D8B91D #E7CD4B #EEDC81 #F5EBB7 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDC81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#EEDC81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC81

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC81	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD77A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.114 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e6a7',
    500: '#eedc81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc81;
$custom-light: #f5e6a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.092,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8899,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC81

secondary

#4B60C8

accent

#2FD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC81

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

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