#EEDD7E#EEDD7E

#EEDD7E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.118 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD7E
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 126)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 47.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.68, -6.64, 48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.68, 48.92, 97.80°)
OKLab	oklab(89.15% -0.0192 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(89.15% 0.118 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.8840, 71.3987, 30.0981)
Luminance	0.7140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD7E #7E8FEE

analogous

#EEA57E #EEDD7E #C7EE7E

triadic

#EEDD7E #7EEEDD #DD7EEE

tetradic

#EEDD7E #7EEEA5 #7E8FEE #EE7EC7

square

#EEDD7E #7EEEA5 #7E8FEE #EE7EC7

split-complementary

#EEDD7E #7EC7EE #A57EEE

monochromatic

#D5B91C #E7CF48 #EEDD7E #F5EBB4 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EEDD7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#EEDD7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD7E

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD7E	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.118 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e7a5',
    500: '#eedd7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd7e;
$custom-light: #f5e7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.893,
    "s": 76.712,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8915,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD7E

secondary

#485CC8

accent

#2CD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD7E

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

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