#EEDC8D#EEDC8D

#EEDC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.101 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC8D
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 141)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 40.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.63, -4.65, 41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.63, 41.28, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.17% -0.0121 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(89.17% 0.101 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.6623, 71.2888, 35.4954)
Luminance	0.7129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC8D #8D9FEE

analogous

#EEAC8D #EEDC8D #D0EE8D

triadic

#EEDC8D #8DEEDC #DC8DEE

tetradic

#EEDC8D #8DEEAC #8D9FEE #EE8DD0

square

#EEDC8D #8DEEAC #8D9FEE #EE8DD0

split-complementary

#EEDC8D #8DD0EE #AC8DEE

monochromatic

#DEBB22 #E6CC58 #EEDC8D #F6ECC2 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#EEDC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC8D

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC8D	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.101 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e6af',
    500: '#eedc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc8d;
$custom-light: #f5e6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.866,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89173,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC8D

secondary

#566BC9

accent

#34D60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC8D

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

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