#EEDC8C#EEDC8C

#EEDC8C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.102 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC8C
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 140)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 41.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.61, -4.76, 41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.61, 41.77, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0125 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.102 97)
XYZ	xyz(65.5882, 71.2591, 35.1053)
Luminance	0.7126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC8C #8C9EEE

analogous

#EEAB8C #EEDC8C #CFEE8C

triadic

#EEDC8C #8CEEDC #DC8CEE

tetradic

#EEDC8C #8CEEAB #8C9EEE #EE8CCF

square

#EEDC8C #8CEEAB #8C9EEE #EE8CCF

split-complementary

#EEDC8C #8CCFEE #AB8CEE

monochromatic

#DEBC21 #E6CC57 #EEDC8C #F6ECC1 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDC8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#EEDC8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC8C

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC8C	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)

#EBD886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.102 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e6ae',
    500: '#eedc8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc8c;
$custom-light: #f5e6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89157,
    "c": 0.10202,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.71257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC8C

secondary

#556AC9

accent

#34D60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC8C

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

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