#EEDD7C#EEDD7C

#EEDD7C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.120 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD7C
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 124)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 47.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.65, -6.82, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.65, 49.88, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% -0.0199 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.12 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.7563, 71.3476, 29.4252)
Luminance	0.7135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD7C #7C8DEE

analogous

#EEA47C #EEDD7C #C6EE7C

triadic

#EEDD7C #7CEEDD #DD7CEE

tetradic

#EEDD7C #7CEEA4 #7C8DEE #EE7CC6

square

#EEDD7C #7CEEA4 #7C8DEE #EE7CC6

split-complementary

#EEDD7C #7CC6EE #A47CEE

monochromatic

#D4B91C #E7CF46 #EEDD7C #F5EBB2 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EEDD7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#EEDD7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD7C

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD7C	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.120 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e7a4',
    500: '#eedd7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd7c;
$custom-light: #f5e7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 77.027,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89122,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD7C

secondary

#465AC8

accent

#2BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD7C

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

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