#EEDD8D#EEDD8D

#EEDD8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.102 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD8D
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 141)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 40.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.88, -5.16, 41.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.88, 41.66, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(89.38% -0.0136 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(89.38% 0.102 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.9255, 71.8152, 35.5832)
Luminance	0.7181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD8D #8D9EEE

analogous

#EEAD8D #EEDD8D #CEEE8D

triadic

#EEDD8D #8DEEDD #DD8DEE

tetradic

#EEDD8D #8DEEAD #8D9EEE #EE8DCE

square

#EEDD8D #8DEEAD #8D9EEE #EE8DCE

split-complementary

#EEDD8D #8DCEEE #AD8DEE

monochromatic

#DEBD22 #E6CD58 #EEDD8D #F6EDC2 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EEDD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#EEDD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD8D

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD8D	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.102 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e7af',
    500: '#eedd8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd8d;
$custom-light: #f5e7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.485,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89375,
    "c": 0.10185,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD8D

secondary

#566AC9

accent

#32D60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD8D

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

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