#EEDD99#EEDD99

#EEDD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.088 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD99
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 153)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(48, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.06, -3.84, 35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.06, 35.74, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.0089 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.088 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.8672, 72.1919, 40.5429)
Luminance	0.7219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD99 #99AAEE

analogous

#EEB399 #EEDD99 #D5EE99

triadic

#EEDD99 #99EEDD #DD99EE

tetradic

#EEDD99 #99EEB3 #99AAEE #EE99D5

square

#EEDD99 #99EEB3 #99AAEE #EE99D5

split-complementary

#EEDD99 #99D5EE #B399EE

monochromatic

#DDBA30 #E5CC65 #EEDD99 #F7EECD #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EEDD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#EEDD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD99

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD99	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EADA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.088 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7b7',
    500: '#eedd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd99;
$custom-light: #f4e7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89577,
    "c": 0.08846,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD99

secondary

#6176CA

accent

#39D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD99

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

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