#EEDD8A#EEDD8A

#EEDD8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.105 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD8A
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 138)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 42%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.84, -5.47, 42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.84, 43.13, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(89.33% -0.0147 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(89.33% 0.105 98)
XYZ	xyz(65.7053, 71.7272, 34.4235)
Luminance	0.7173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD8A #8A9BEE

analogous

#EEAB8A #EEDD8A #CDEE8A

triadic

#EEDD8A #8AEEDD #DD8AEE

tetradic

#EEDD8A #8AEEAB #8A9BEE #EE8ACD

square

#EEDD8A #8AEEAB #8A9BEE #EE8ACD

split-complementary

#EEDD8A #8ACDEE #AB8AEE

monochromatic

#DDBD20 #E6CD55 #EEDD8A #F6EDBF #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EEDD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#EEDD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD8A

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD8A	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.105 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e7ad',
    500: '#eedd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd8a;
$custom-light: #f5e7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.8,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89327,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.71725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD8A

secondary

#5367C9

accent

#31D70F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD8A

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

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