#EEDD95#EEDD95

#EEDD95 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.093 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD95
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 149)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 37.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.00, -4.30, 37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.00, 37.72, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.51% -0.0105 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(89.51% 0.093 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.5424, 72.0620, 38.8321)
Luminance	0.7206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD95 #95A6EE

analogous

#EEB095 #EEDD95 #D2EE95

triadic

#EEDD95 #95EEDD #DD95EE

tetradic

#EEDD95 #95EEB0 #95A6EE #EE95D2

square

#EEDD95 #95EEB0 #95A6EE #EE95D2

split-complementary

#EEDD95 #95D2EE #B095EE

monochromatic

#DDBB2C #E6CC60 #EEDD95 #F6EECA #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EEDD95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#EEDD95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD95

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD95	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.093 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e7b5',
    500: '#eedd95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd95;
$custom-light: #f5e7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.539,
    "s": 72.358,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89507,
    "c": 0.09298,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD95

secondary

#5D72CA

accent

#36D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD95

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

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