#EEDC8A#EEDC8A

#EEDC8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.104 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC8A
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 138)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 42%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.58, -4.96, 42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.58, 42.75, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(89.13% -0.0132 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(89.13% 0.104 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.4421, 71.2007, 34.3357)
Luminance	0.7120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC8A #8A9CEE

analogous

#EEAA8A #EEDC8A #CEEE8A

triadic

#EEDC8A #8AEEDC #DC8AEE

tetradic

#EEDC8A #8AEEAA #8A9CEE #EE8ACE

square

#EEDC8A #8AEEAA #8A9CEE #EE8ACE

split-complementary

#EEDC8A #8ACEEE #AA8AEE

monochromatic

#DDBB20 #E6CC55 #EEDC8A #F6ECBF #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#EEDC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC8A

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC8A	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.104 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e6ad',
    500: '#eedc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc8a;
$custom-light: #f5e6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89126,
    "c": 0.10418,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC8A

secondary

#5368C9

accent

#33D70F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC8A

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

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