#EEDD80#EEDD80

#EEDD80 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.116 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD80
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 128)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 46.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.70, -6.45, 47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.70, 47.97, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(89.18% -0.0184 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(89.18% 0.116 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.0144, 71.4508, 30.7846)
Luminance	0.7145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD80 #8091EE

analogous

#EEA680 #EEDD80 #C8EE80

triadic

#EEDD80 #80EEDD #DD80EE

tetradic

#EEDD80 #80EEA6 #8091EE #EE80C8

square

#EEDD80 #80EEA6 #8091EE #EE80C8

split-complementary

#EEDD80 #80C8EE #A680EE

monochromatic

#D7BA1D #E7CF4A #EEDD80 #F5EBB6 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EEDD80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#EEDD80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD80

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD80	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD878

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.116 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e7a6',
    500: '#eedd80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd80;
$custom-light: #f5e7a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.727,
    "s": 76.389,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89178,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD80

secondary

#4A5EC8

accent

#2CD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD80

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

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