#EEDE99#EEDE99

#EEDE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.089 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDE99
RGB	rgb(238, 222, 153)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(49, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.31, -4.35, 35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.31, 36.13, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.78% -0.0104 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(89.78% 0.089 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.1320, 72.7215, 40.6312)
Luminance	0.7272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDE99 #99A9EE

analogous

#EEB499 #EEDE99 #D4EE99

triadic

#EEDE99 #99EEDE #DE99EE

tetradic

#EEDE99 #99EEB4 #99A9EE #EE99D4

square

#EEDE99 #99EEB4 #99A9EE #EE99D4

split-complementary

#EEDE99 #99D4EE #B499EE

monochromatic

#DDBC30 #E5CD65 #EEDE99 #F7EFCD #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EEDE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#EEDE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDE99

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDE99	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eede99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 222, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.089 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8b7',
    500: '#eede99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eede99;
$custom-light: #f4e8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eede99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.706,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89778,
    "c": 0.0894,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDE99

secondary

#6175CA

accent

#36D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDE99

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

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