#EEDC97#EEDC97

#EEDC97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.090 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC97
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 151)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 36.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.78, -3.56, 36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.78, 36.35, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.0082 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.09 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.4402, 71.5999, 39.5925)
Luminance	0.7160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC97 #97A9EE

analogous

#EEB197 #EEDC97 #D5EE97

triadic

#EEDC97 #97EEDC #DC97EE

tetradic

#EEDC97 #97EEB1 #97A9EE #EE97D5

square

#EEDC97 #97EEB1 #97A9EE #EE97D5

split-complementary

#EEDC97 #97D5EE #B197EE

monochromatic

#DDB92E #E5CA62 #EEDC97 #F7EECC #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EEDC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#EEDC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC97

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC97	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.090 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e6b6',
    500: '#eedc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc97;
$custom-light: #f5e6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89342,
    "c": 0.08982,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC97

secondary

#5F75CA

accent

#3AD412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC97

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

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