#EEDC96#EEDC96

#EEDC96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.091 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC96
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 150)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.76, -3.68, 36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.76, 36.84, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(89.32% -0.0086 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(89.32% 0.091 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.3593, 71.5676, 39.1666)
Luminance	0.7157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC96 #96A8EE

analogous

#EEB096 #EEDC96 #D4EE96

triadic

#EEDC96 #96EEDC #DC96EE

tetradic

#EEDC96 #96EEB0 #96A8EE #EE96D4

square

#EEDC96 #96EEB0 #96A8EE #EE96D4

split-complementary

#EEDC96 #96D4EE #B096EE

monochromatic

#DDB92D #E5CA61 #EEDC96 #F7EECB #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EEDC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#EEDC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC96

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC96	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.091 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e6b5',
    500: '#eedc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc96;
$custom-light: #f5e6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89324,
    "c": 0.09094,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC96

secondary

#5E74CA

accent

#39D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC96

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

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