#EEDC8E#EEDC8E

#EEDC8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.100 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC8E
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 142)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 40.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.64, -4.55, 40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.64, 40.79, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(89.19% -0.0117 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(89.19% 0.1 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.7370, 71.3187, 35.8890)
Luminance	0.7132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC8E #8EA0EE

analogous

#EEAC8E #EEDC8E #D0EE8E

triadic

#EEDC8E #8EEEDC #DC8EEE

tetradic

#EEDC8E #8EEEAC #8EA0EE #EE8ED0

square

#EEDC8E #8EEEAC #8EA0EE #EE8ED0

split-complementary

#EEDC8E #8ED0EE #AC8EEE

monochromatic

#DEBB24 #E6CC59 #EEDC8E #F6ECC3 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#EEDC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC8E

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC8E	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)

#EBD888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.100 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e6b0',
    500: '#eedc8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc8e;
$custom-light: #f5e6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8919,
    "c": 0.09983,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC8E

secondary

#576CC9

accent

#35D610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC8E

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

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