#EEDE85#EEDE85

#EEDE85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.111 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDE85
RGB	rgb(238, 222, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 44.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.02, -6.48, 45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.02, 45.95, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.45% -0.018 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(89.45% 0.111 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.6164, 72.1153, 32.6490)
Luminance	0.7211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDE85 #8595EE

analogous

#EEA985 #EEDE85 #CAEE85

triadic

#EEDE85 #85EEDE #DE85EE

tetradic

#EEDE85 #85EEA9 #8595EE #EE85CA

square

#EEDE85 #85EEA9 #8595EE #EE85CA

split-complementary

#EEDE85 #85CAEE #A985EE

monochromatic

#DABE1E #E7CF4F #EEDE85 #F5EDBB #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EEDE85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#EEDE85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDE85

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDE85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDE85	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)

#EED97E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eede85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 222, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.111 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e8aa',
    500: '#eede85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eede85;
$custom-light: #f5e8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eede85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.857,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89453,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDE85

secondary

#4F61C9

accent

#2DD80E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDE85

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

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