#EEDD85#EEDD85

#EEDD85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.110 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD85
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 133)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 44.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.77, -5.97, 45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.77, 45.56, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(89.25% -0.0166 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(89.25% 0.11 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.3516, 71.5857, 32.5607)
Luminance	0.7158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD85 #8596EE

analogous

#EEA985 #EEDD85 #CAEE85

triadic

#EEDD85 #85EEDD #DD85EE

tetradic

#EEDD85 #85EEA9 #8596EE #EE85CA

square

#EEDD85 #85EEA9 #8596EE #EE85CA

split-complementary

#EEDD85 #85CAEE #A985EE

monochromatic

#DABC1E #E7CE4F #EEDD85 #F5ECBB #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EEDD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#EEDD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD85

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD85	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD87E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.110 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e7aa',
    500: '#eedd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd85;
$custom-light: #f5e7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.286,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89251,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD85

secondary

#4F62C9

accent

#2ED80E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD85

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

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