#EEDE96#EEDE96

#EEDE96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.093 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDE96
RGB	rgb(238, 222, 150)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 37%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.27, -4.69, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.27, 37.62, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(89.73% -0.0116 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(89.73% 0.093 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.8874, 72.6237, 39.3426)
Luminance	0.7262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDE96 #96A6EE

analogous

#EEB296 #EEDE96 #D2EE96

triadic

#EEDE96 #96EEDE #DE96EE

tetradic

#EEDE96 #96EEB2 #96A6EE #EE96D2

square

#EEDE96 #96EEB2 #96A6EE #EE96D2

split-complementary

#EEDE96 #96D2EE #B296EE

monochromatic

#DDBD2D #E5CD61 #EEDE96 #F7EFCB #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EEDE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#EEDE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDE96

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDE96	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDA91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eede96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 222, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.093 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e8b5',
    500: '#eede96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eede96;
$custom-light: #f5e8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eede96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89725,
    "c": 0.09279,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDE96

secondary

#5E72CA

accent

#35D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDE96

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

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