#EEDC99#EEDC99

#EEDC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.088 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDC99
RGB	rgb(238, 220, 153)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.81, -3.34, 35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.81, 35.35, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(89.38% -0.0074 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(89.38% 0.088 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.6040, 71.6655, 40.4552)
Luminance	0.7166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDC99 #99ABEE

analogous

#EEB299 #EEDC99 #D6EE99

triadic

#EEDC99 #99EEDC #DC99EE

tetradic

#EEDC99 #99EEB2 #99ABEE #EE99D6

square

#EEDC99 #99EEB2 #99ABEE #EE99D6

split-complementary

#EEDC99 #99D6EE #B299EE

monochromatic

#DDB830 #E5CA65 #EEDC99 #F7EECD #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EEDC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#EEDC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDC99

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDC99	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 220, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.088 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e6b7',
    500: '#eedc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedc99;
$custom-light: #f4e6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.294,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89377,
    "c": 0.08755,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDC99

secondary

#6177CA

accent

#3BD312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDC99

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

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