#EEDD96#EEDD96

#EEDD96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.092 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD96
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 150)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, -4.18, 36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 37.23, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.53% -0.0101 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(89.53% 0.092 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.6226, 72.0941, 39.2543)
Luminance	0.7209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD96 #96A7EE

analogous

#EEB196 #EEDD96 #D3EE96

triadic

#EEDD96 #96EEDD #DD96EE

tetradic

#EEDD96 #96EEB1 #96A7EE #EE96D3

square

#EEDD96 #96EEB1 #96A7EE #EE96D3

split-complementary

#EEDD96 #96D3EE #B196EE

monochromatic

#DDBB2D #E5CC61 #EEDD96 #F7EECB #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EEDD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#EEDD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD96

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD96	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.092 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e7b5',
    500: '#eedd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd96;
$custom-light: #f5e7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.409,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89525,
    "c": 0.09186,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD96

secondary

#5E73CA

accent

#37D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD96

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

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