#EEDC8B#EEDC8B

#EEDC8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.103 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC8B
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 139)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 41.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.60, -4.86, 41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.60, 42.26, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.0129 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.103 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.5148, 71.2298, 34.7188)
Luminance	0.7123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC8B #8B9DEE

analogous

#EEAB8B #EEDC8B #CFEE8B

triadic

#EEDC8B #8BEEDC #DC8BEE

tetradic

#EEDC8B #8BEEAB #8B9DEE #EE8BCF

square

#EEDC8B #8BEEAB #8B9DEE #EE8BCF

split-complementary

#EEDC8B #8BCFEE #AB8BEE

monochromatic

#DEBC21 #E6CC56 #EEDC8B #F6ECC0 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#EEDC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC8B

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC8B	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.103 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e6ae',
    500: '#eedc8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc8b;
$custom-light: #f5e6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89142,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC8B

secondary

#5469C9

accent

#33D70F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC8B

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

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