#EEDD97#EEDD97

#EEDD97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.091 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD97
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 151)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 36.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.03, -4.07, 36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.03, 36.73, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.0097 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.091 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.7034, 72.1264, 39.6802)
Luminance	0.7212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD97 #97A8EE

analogous

#EEB297 #EEDD97 #D4EE97

triadic

#EEDD97 #97EEDD #DD97EE

tetradic

#EEDD97 #97EEB2 #97A8EE #EE97D4

square

#EEDD97 #97EEB2 #97A8EE #EE97D4

split-complementary

#EEDD97 #97D4EE #B297EE

monochromatic

#DDBB2E #E5CC62 #EEDD97 #F7EECC #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EEDD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#EEDD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD97

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD97	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)

#EBD992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.091 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e7b6',
    500: '#eedd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd97;
$custom-light: #f5e7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.276,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89542,
    "c": 0.09073,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD97

secondary

#5F74CA

accent

#38D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD97

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

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