#EEDD84#EEDD84

#EEDD84 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.111 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD84
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 132)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 44.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.76, -6.07, 45.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.76, 46.04, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.017 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.111 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.2829, 71.5582, 32.1986)
Luminance	0.7156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD84 #8495EE

analogous

#EEA884 #EEDD84 #CAEE84

triadic

#EEDD84 #84EEDD #DD84EE

tetradic

#EEDD84 #84EEA8 #8495EE #EE84CA

square

#EEDD84 #84EEA8 #8495EE #EE84CA

split-complementary

#EEDD84 #84CAEE #A884EE

monochromatic

#DABB1E #E7CE4E #EEDD84 #F5ECBA #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EEDD84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#EEDD84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD84

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD84	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD87D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.111 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e7a9',
    500: '#eedd84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd84;
$custom-light: #f5e7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.377,
    "s": 75.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89236,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD84

secondary

#4E61C9

accent

#2ED80E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD84

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

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